Total Crime Rate
793.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chapel 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.
View Crime In Brynyffynnon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stryt Henblas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stryt Henblas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stryt Henblas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stryt Henblas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Earle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Abbot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pen-Y-Bryn | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
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