Total Crime Rate
463.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barnfield area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Brynyffynnon , and the 13th 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 Barnfield (LL13 7HE) in the last 12 months was 463.1 per 1,000 residents and was 33.7% higher than the Brynyffynnon average (346.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 110.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barnfield (LL13 7HE), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 185 crimes here, including 114 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brynyffynnon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Abbot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryndraw Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bryndraw Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Talbot Road | — |
| 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 | Abbot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stryt Henblas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stryt Henblas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Salop Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Salop Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Salop Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salop Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salop Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | B5100 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryndraw Terrace | Under investigation |
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