Total Crime Rate
146.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Benjamin Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Hermitage , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 414 local areas in Wrexham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Benjamin Road (LL13 8EE) in the last 12 months was 146.1 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% higher than the Hermitage average (108.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Benjamin Road (LL13 8EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Smithfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Welch Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivulet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crescent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crescent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fusilier Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fusilier Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fusilier Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rivulet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivulet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivulet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Linden Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stanley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derby Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golgfa'R Ddol | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golgfa'R Ddol | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St John'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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