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A town of 4,948 in Clwyd, Wales.
Gresford grades A− overall against UK towns: better than 77% of UK towns, and #4 of 39 in Clwyd. Its strongest subject is safety (A): 11.5 violent and sexual offences and 5.7 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Its weakest is walkability (C−): 9% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The median home sold for £305,000 in the last three years, 6.9 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.
The 3 things Gresford does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Gresford is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 53 buildings inside Gresford’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 2 old photos and postcards going back to 1822.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gresford.
Violence came to 11.5 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Clwyd’s towns (34.4) and Wales’s towns (33.8). Police recorded 115 crimes inside Gresford’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 42 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 50% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
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.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed. Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 366 | – |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 31% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
In the comparison, Gresford comes below both Clwyd’s towns (2.9%) and Wales’s towns (3%). The average household earns £52K a year before tax.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
For Gresford, that is above both Clwyd’s towns (66%) and Wales’s towns (65%). Social housing holds 5% of households. Gresford is the most expensive of the 39 towns in Clwyd: its median sale is £305,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £417,000 | 85 |
| Semi-detached | £250,000 | 65 |
| Terraced | £222,000 | 26 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Gresford sits above both Clwyd’s towns (2%) and Wales’s towns (0%) on this measure. Gresford’s listed buildings include Parish Church of All Saints, Grade I. Gresford has 107 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
That puts Gresford below both Clwyd’s towns (22%) and Wales’s towns (22%). Gresford has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.6 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
| Census 2021 | Gresford | Clwyd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 79% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.5% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Under-15s account for 12% of the population. People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, above both Clwyd’s towns (23%) and Wales’s towns (21%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.9% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Gresford | Clwyd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 23% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.5% | 6.5% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 42% | 29% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Clwyd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Gresford. Best known first.
CastleHolt Castle Ruins4.9 km outside town, to the east
CathedralWrexham Cathedral3.6 km outside town, to the southwest
Castle · CadwCaergwrle Castle4.3 km outside town, to the northwestArt galleryArt galleryTŷ Pawb3.6 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumXplore! Science Discovery Centre3.6 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumWrexham Archives3.7 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
53 listed buildings in Gresford, 1 of them Grade I.
Parish Church of All Saints: Photo: Spicke01 · Public domain · The Trevor Arms Hotel: Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gresford | 4,948 | — | A− | C− | A | B+ |
| Llay | 4,666 | 1.5 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Rossett | 1,977 | 2 | — | D | C+ | B+ |
| Bradley | 1,316 | 2 | — | B | A− | C− |
| Gwersyllt | 7,112 | 2.6 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Wrexham | 44,781 | 2.6 | D | B | D− | D |
| Holt | 1,084 | 3.4 | — | C− | B+ | B+ |
| Brynteg | 9,229 | 3.5 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
Rossett, Bradley and Holt have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
53 on Cadw’s list, 1 of them Grade I. That is 4.4 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Parish Church of All Saints.
Band D council tax in Gresford is £2,309 for 2026–27, less than in 74% of UK towns (the Wrexham council average, with police and community councils). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Clwyd, Wales
Gresford is a built-up area of 4,948 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
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.
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