Total Crime Rate

55.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.8 5/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Box Lane area has the 16th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Acton and Maesydre , and the 202nd lowest crime rate of 413 local areas in Wrexham .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Box Lane (LL12 8EF) in the last 12 months was 55.3 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% lower than the Acton and Maesydre average (111.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Box Lane (LL12 8EF), the main crime hotspot is near St Margaret Way. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Box Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Margaret Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cilgant Derwennydd —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cilgant Derwennydd —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dee Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Neville Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gateway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Margaret Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Margaret Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Margaret Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cilgant Derwennydd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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