Total Crime Rate
136.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Penybryn area has the 12th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Brynyffynnon , and the 86th highest crime rate of 413 local areas in Wrexham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Penybryn (LL13 7HY) in the last 12 months was 136.3 per 1,000 residents and was 60.7% lower 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 68.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Penybryn (LL13 7HY), the main crime hotspot is near Town Hill. Police recorded 141 crimes here, including 105 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 | Burglary | Poyser Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Vicarage Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Talbot Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryndraw Terrace | 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 | Other theft | Earle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Erddig Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pen-Y-Bryn | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Well Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Well Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Well Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Well Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brewery Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brewery Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brewery Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brewery Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenters Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tenters Lane | Under investigation |
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