Total Crime Rate
789.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
329.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chester Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Hermitage , and the 5th highest crime rate of 414 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 Chester Street (LL13 8BA) in the last 12 months was 789.5 per 1,000 residents and was 628.5% higher than the Hermitage average (108.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 80 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 328.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chester Street (LL13 8BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 195 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 Smithfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| 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 | Stryt Y Syfwr | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stryt Henblas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stryt Henblas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Town Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stryt Twtil | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chester Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chester Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Town Hill | — |
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