Total Crime Rate
693.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
265.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Y Wern area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Cartrefle , and the 7th highest crime rate of 414 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 Y Wern (LL13 8TY) in the last 12 months was 693.0 per 1,000 residents and was 453.6% 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 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 265.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Y Wern (LL13 8TY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 219 crimes here, including 84 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 | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodwick Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensway | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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