Total Crime Rate

31.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 31.0 3/10
  • Violent crimes 31.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Box Lane area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Garden Village , and the 114th lowest crime rate of 414 local areas in Wrexham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Box Lane (LL12 8DA) in the last 12 months was 31.0 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% higher than the Garden Village average (22.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 8 cases , up 14.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 14.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 31.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Box Lane (LL12 8DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dee Avenue, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grange Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Box Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windermere Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Grange Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dee Avenue —
Apr 2026Burglary Acton Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Acton Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Acton Hall Walks —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lyndale Grove —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lyndale Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grange Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grange Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grange Close —

Data Sources

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