Total Crime Rate
207.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Marchwiel , and the 43rd 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 (LL14 6NH) in the last 12 months was 207.6 per 1,000 residents and was 311.5% higher than the Marchwiel average (50.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 98.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (LL14 6NH), the main crime hotspot is near High Street. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Marchwiel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | New High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spinney Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Spinney Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Spinney Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spinney Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Maelor Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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