Total Crime Rate
207.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillcrest area has the 6th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Cartrefle , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 414 local areas in Wrexham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hillcrest (LL13 8RN) in the last 12 months was 207.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.8% higher than the Cartrefle average (125.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 79.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillcrest (LL13 8RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 176 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crescent Close (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wrexham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | West Circle | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trevenna Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingstown | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Churton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Circle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Circle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trevenna Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crescent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevenna Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingstown | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Portal Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rhoddfa Wilson | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rhoddfa Wilson | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rhoddfa Wilson | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crescent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crescent Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Ffordd Maelor | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingstown | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingstown | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer'S Way | Under investigation |
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