Photo: John H Darch · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Rhosllannerchrugog records more crime than four in five UK towns
Police counts work out at 38.7 violent and sexual offences and 15.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents annually. From September 2023 to August 2026, crimes police recorded inside Rhosllannerchrugog’s built-up area put it at C− for safety: #27 of 39 in Clwyd. Violence recorded locally dropped 11% in a year. Violent crime here is higher than in 83% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, higher than in 83%.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Rhosllannerchrugog
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 11% less violent crime per resident in Rhosllannerchrugog than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage fell 12% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 376 UK towns of 9,000 to 17,000 people, Rhosllannerchrugog has the 283rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Rhondda, Redruth and Radstock, higher than Thurmaston, Scawthorpe and Cusworth and Somercotes and Swanwick. Towns its size ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
47% of Rhosllannerchrugog’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of Wales (WIMD 2025 community safety), and 14% in the lowest-crime 30%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: C− for Rhosllannerchrugog
A firm grade. Built on 2,088 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Rhosllannerchrugog against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
47% of Rhosllannerchrugog residents live in one of Wales’s highest-crime neighbourhoods
14% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of Wales’s neighbourhoods, and 47% in the highest-crime 20%. The community safety domain scores recorded crime, anti-social behaviour and fire incidents where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Rhosllannerchrugog’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (community safety domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of Wales’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Police in Rhosllannerchrugog identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 58% of Rhosllannerchrugog’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 15% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (66% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 9% of violent and 10% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 735 crimes.
Among 376 towns its size, Rhosllannerchrugog ranks 283rd for the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greasby Merseyside | 9,175 | 11.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 83 | Hawarden Clwyd | 14,284 | 23.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 152 | Buckley Clwyd | 13,562 | 29.7 | 8.2 | 9.3 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 187 | Conwy Clwyd | 15,706 | 31 | 10.7 | 8.5 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 208 | Connah's Quay Clwyd | 16,768 | 33.3 | 10.6 | 12 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 280 | Thurmaston Leicestershire | 9,509 | 34.3 | 19.7 | 16.1 | C− |
| 281 | Scawthorpe and Cusworth South Yorkshire | 13,020 | 35.2 | 19 | 19.9 | C− |
| 282 | Somercotes and Swanwick Derbyshire | 15,105 | 41.4 | 12.8 | 11.2 | C− |
| 283 | Rhosllannerchrugog Clwyd | 12,789 | 38.7 | 15.8 | 9.6 | C− |
| 284 | Queensbury West Yorkshire | 9,707 | 39.8 | 14.8 | 8.2 | C− |
| 285 | Aveley Essex | 9,364 | 34.6 | 20.4 | 10.7 | C− |
| 286 | Shanklin Isle of Wight | 9,112 | 43.6 | 11.7 | 10.6 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 376 | Haverfordwest Dyfed | 12,088 | 91.4 | 28.6 | 32.3 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Rhosllannerchrugog, and others in Clwyd.
How crime in Rhosllannerchrugog has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -11% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -12% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft +12% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour -35% (towns its size -4%).
Crime in Rhosllannerchrugog per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 15 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 10 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Lowest recorded crime in Penycae and Ruabon South, Ponciau and Pant and Johnstown; highest in Rhos
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penycae and Ruabon South | 1,222 | 22.9 | 10.6 | |
| Ponciau | 2,039 | 28.4 | 9.6 | |
| Pant and Johnstown | 5,455 | 30.1 | 15.2 | |
| Penycae | 2,185 | 51.6 | 19.7 | |
| Rhos | 1,888 | 69.7 | 23 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 201 | 57% shoplifting & theft |
| Police stations | 106 | 45% shoplifting & theft |
| Car parks | 71 | 32% violent |
| Petrol stations | 39 | 62% shoplifting & theft |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Rhos records 2.1× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Rhosllannerchrugog. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Rhosllannerchrugog. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Rhosllannerchrugog’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Rhosllannerchrugog runs highest on vehicle crime (4 per 1,000 against 2.8), burglary (3.2 per 1,000 against 2.4) and criminal damage & arson (7.7 per 1,000 against 6.2). Public order and shoplifting sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 428 | 33.5 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 180 | 14.1 | 12.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 99 | 7.7 | 6.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 65 | 5.1 | 6.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 59 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 56 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 51 | 4 | 2.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 41 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 25 | 2 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 24 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 12 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Robbery | Violent | 5 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
One person died in collisions on Rhosllannerchrugog’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 33 collisions with injuries inside Rhosllannerchrugog in five years, in which one person died (1 was a pedestrian). 16 people were killed or seriously injured: 6 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Rhosllannerchrugog’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rhosllannerchrugog’s own rate (1.6) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Rhosllannerchrugog had 25.5 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8).
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Rhosllannerchrugog’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Rhosllannerchrugog
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhosllannerchrugog | 12,789 | 38.7 | 15.8 | C− |
| Ruabon | 3,414 | 48 | 19.3 | D |
| Rhostyllen | 2,760 | 34.4 | 10.6 | C |
| Acrefair and Cefn-mawr | 6,905 | 47.9 | 19.7 | D |
| Trevor | 1,397 | 21.7 | 10 | B− |
| Coedpoeth | 4,738 | 27.7 | 11.1 | C+ |
| Tanyfron | 2,229 | 20.3 | 8.5 | B |
| Brynteg | 9,229 | 34.6 | 13.5 | C− |
Rhosllannerchrugog records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Ruabon and Acrefair and Cefn-mawr record more. Rhostyllen, 2.1 miles away, records 34.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Rhosllannerchrugog’s 38.7.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Rhosllannerchrugog sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Rhosllannerchrugog
Is Rhosllannerchrugog safe?
Police recorded 38.7 violent and sexual offences and 15.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Rhosllannerchrugog’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 16% of UK towns. Among 376 UK towns of 9,000 to 17,000 people, Rhosllannerchrugog is 283rd from the least crime.
What are the safest areas of Rhosllannerchrugog?
By council ward, Penycae and Ruabon South, Ponciau and Pant and Johnstown record the least violent and household crime per resident: 22.9, 28.4 and 30.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 69.7 in Rhos.
Is crime going up in Rhosllannerchrugog?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 11%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 12%, shoplifting and theft rose 12% and anti-social behaviour fell 35%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Rhosllannerchrugog?
Violence & sexual offences: 428 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (99) and shoplifting (65), with 180 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Rhosllannerchrugog compare with Wrexham?
Wrexham records 62.3 violent and sexual offences and 23.3 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Rhosllannerchrugog’s 38.7 and 15.8, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · Welsh Government Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, community safety domain by LSOA · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · 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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