Total Crime Rate

793.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 793.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 349.7 10/10
  • Drugs 122.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 90.9 10/10
  • Public order 66.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 49.0 10/10
  • Other theft 38.5 10/10
  • Burglary 31.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 17.5 6/10
  • Other crime 10.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.0 8/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • 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

Chapel Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Brynyffynnon , and the 5th highest crime rate of 413 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 Chapel Street (LL13 7DD) in the last 12 months was 793.7 per 1,000 residents and was 129.1% higher than the Brynyffynnon average (346.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 288.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 122 (≈ 426.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chapel Street (LL13 7DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Town Hill (105 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chapel Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stryt Henblas Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stryt Henblas Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stryt Henblas Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stryt Henblas Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Earle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Abbot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pen-Y-Bryn Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Town Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Local resolution

Data Sources

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