Total Crime Rate
891.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
524.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Machine Square area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Brynyffynnon , and the 4th highest crime rate of 414 local areas in Wrexham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Machine Square (LL13 7AE) in the last 12 months was 891.6 per 1,000 residents and was 172.1% higher than the Brynyffynnon average (327.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 133 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 150 (≈ 524.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Machine Square (LL13 7AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stryt Y Syfwr, where police recorded 155 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Town Hill (102 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wrexham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stryt Y Syfwr | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bryndraw Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stryt Y Syfwr | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Y Feithrinfa | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Y Feithrinfa | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Erddig Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colemere Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colemere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colemere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colemere Street | — |
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