Total Crime Rate
31.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Smithfield Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Hermitage , and the 117th lowest crime rate of 414 local areas in Wrexham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Smithfield Road (LL13 8ES) in the last 12 months was 31.6 per 1,000 residents and was 70.9% lower than the Hermitage average (108.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Smithfield Road (LL13 8ES), the main crime hotspot is near Pont Wen. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wrexham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pont Wen | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadow Lea | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Lea | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crescent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crescent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crescent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barons Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pont Wen | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pont Wen | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ffordd Montgomery | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pont Wen | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wavell Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitegate Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
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