Chirk grades C overall against UK towns: better than 32% of UK towns, and #15 of 39 in Clwyd. Its strongest subject is walkability (B+): 18% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is jobs & income (D): mean household income £43,130; 2.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £186,250 in the last three years, 4.2 times what households in the Wrexham council area earn in a year.
This town's Health Grade uses ONS's small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns' grades also use OHID's small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Chirk is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chirk.
Safety
Burglary and damage hit Chirk harder than Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns: 14.9 per 1,000 residents a year
Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Chirk has more crime per resident than 82% of them. Police recorded 205 crimes inside the town’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 74 reports of anti-social behaviour. Also worth knowing: there were 23.2 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above both Clwyd’s towns (15) and Wales’s towns (10.4). Of all the crimes, 56% were violence and sexual offences.
35.4violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearC−Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 18% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: more crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual114
Damage & arson27
Public order26
Other theft10
Vehicle crime7
Shoplifting6
Other crime6
Burglary5
Anti-social74
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
35.4
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
14.9
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
23.2
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Schools
1 state school in Chirk
It appears below. 320 pupils attend Chirk’s one primary school.
Welsh Government · schools list · Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.The Schools page →
Health
Bad health is less common in Chirk than in Clwyd’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 5.5% of residents
Men in Chirk can expect to live to 78.3, women to 82.8 (2019–23). The nearest A&E to Chirk is Wrexham Maelor Hospital, 7.6 miles away. One GP practice serves the town.
78%good or very good healthCHealth Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 78%Fair 16%Bad or very bad 5%
Census 2021
Chirk
Clwyd
Wales
Good or very good health
78%
79%
78%
Bad or very bad health
5.5%
6.5%
7.1%
Disabled (Equality Act)
22%
22%
22%
78.3
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
82.8
life expectancy at birth, women
Welsh towns’ Health Grades use ONS’s small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns’ also use OHID’s small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy among them.
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D
Only 35% of Chirk’s commuters work within 5 km, fewer than in Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 13% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Working from home was the norm for 13% of workers at the census. The car took 80% of commuters, lower than Clwyd’s towns (83%) and near Wales’s towns (81%). Work in town: a quarter of resident commuters. For every resident in work, Chirk has 1.1 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
HousingCost of living grade B+
Private renting is less common in Chirk than in Clwyd’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 11%
Social housing holds 24% of households. Private rents average £770 a month across the Wrexham council area. Behind the median of £186,250: 94 standard sales inside Chirk’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026.
£186Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Chirk£186K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£247,499
28
Semi-detached
£179,000
46
Terraced
£157,500
20
11%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£770
average private rent a month, Wrexham council area
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
History
More of the land in Chirk is conservation area than in Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns: 13%
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Chirk’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, below Clwyd’s towns (18%) and Wales’s towns (27%) alike. It is part of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site. Of the town’s 29 listed buildings on Cadw’s list, Grade I counts 1 and Grade II* 1.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Chirk than in Clwyd’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 24% of adults
18% of residents are children under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, close to Clwyd’s towns (10%) and below Wales’s towns (12%). Residents of Chirk have a median age of 45.3.
45.3median age
ChirkClwydWales
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications23%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar16%
Degree level24%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenWalesMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Weston Rhyn and Trevor have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Chirk
How many listed buildings are there in Chirk?
29 on Cadw’s list, 1 of them Grade I and 1 Grade II*. That is 3 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Mary. It also has 1 scheduled monument. Part of it is in the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site.
Is Chirk safe?
Burglary was rare, with 5 reports in the year.
Is Chirk expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £186,250, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £157,500, semi-detached houses £179,000 and detached houses £247,499.
About Chirk
Town in Clwyd, Wales
Chirk is a built-up area of 3,930 people, in the Wrexham council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Population
3,930 (Census 2021)
Council
Wrexham
County
Clwyd
Region
Wales
Area
0.6 sq mi (1.5 km²)
ONS code
W45000176
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
