Total Crime Rate
793.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Brynyffynnon , and the 5th 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 High Street (LL13 8HY) in the last 12 months was 793.7 per 1,000 residents and was 129.1% higher 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 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 288.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 122 (≈ 426.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (LL13 8HY), 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 | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Town Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stryt Y Syfwr | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryt Y Syfwr | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Town Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stryt Henblas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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