Wrexham grades D overall against UK towns: better than 14% of UK towns, and #30 of 39 in Clwyd. Its strongest subject is walkability (B+): 18% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is safety (D−): 62.3 violent and sexual offences and 23.3 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 4%. The median home sold for £190,000 in the last three years, 4.3 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.

WeakestD⁻Safety DHealth

What makes Wrexham stand out

The 2 things Wrexham does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Median sale, £ thousands

Housing

31% below the typical UK town’s £277K

Standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026.

Household income, against UK towns

Work

£42K household income

Mean, before tax: lower than in 90% of UK towns

ONS small-area income estimates.

How Wrexham grades

Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Wrexham is from typical. American towns are graded separately.

How grading works

SafetyD⁻Open →Health6.6% in bad or very bad health, 21% disabled (adjusted for age in the grade)DOpen →Jobs & income3.6% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefitsC⁻Open →WalkabilityB⁺Open →Cost of livingrent £770 a monthBOpen →Hazard risk0.3% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaB⁻Open →

SchoolsNot published in Wales–

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.

HistoryB⁺Open →Outdoors92% live within 400 m of a park; 2% of land within 5 km is National Park or National LandscapeAOpen →Civic life1.9 local charities per 1,000 residents; 30% live within 1 km of a libraryB⁻Open →

How TownRatings grades towns →

Wrexham church, Denbighshire June 25 1792, c. 1792 · Photo: Watts, William, 1752-1851, engraver. Griffith, Moses, 1747-1819 · Public domain

Wrexham’s story

Wrexham in pictures

Cadw lists 157 buildings inside Wrexham’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 8 scheduled monuments.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.

The archive holds 4 old photos and postcards going back to 1792.

c. 1830Wrexham, Denbighshire
c. 1850Wrexham church
c. 1875Wrexham Guardian Jan 2 1875

Explore the history →

Nearby attractions

Wrexham Cathedral and 10 more in and around Wrexham

Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Wrexham. Best known first.

All attractions →

CathedralWrexham Cathedralin town

Castle · CadwCaergwrle Castle4.4 km outside town, to the northwest

Historic house · National TrustErddig Hall700 m outside town, to the southwest Art galleryArt galleryTŷ Pawbin town MuseumMuseumXplore! Science Discovery Centrein town MuseumMuseumWrexham Archivesin town

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

Wrexham Cathedral: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Caergwrle Castle: Clint Heacock, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Erddig Hall: Glen Bowman from Newcastle, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wrexham.

Safety

Wrexham has more crime per resident than 97% of UK towns

Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.

Burglary and damage came to 23.3 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Clwyd’s towns (10.6) and Wales’s towns (10.7). Police recorded 5,867 crimes inside Wrexham’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 1,261 reports of anti-social behaviour. Among the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Wrexham has more crime per resident than 96% of them.

62.3violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearD⁻Safety Grade

Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 4% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 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 & sexual2,509

Shoplifting1,062

Damage & arson652

Public order495

Other theft393

Drugs193

Burglary160

Vehicle crime148

Anti-social1,261

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.

62.3

violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

23.3

burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

28.6

anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)

5,867

crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026

Full pageWrexham’s safety reportOpen the page

Safety Grade62.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 · Wrexham has more crime per resident than 97% of UK towns Crime by typeViolence & sexual leads Vs. the neighboursBehind its 7 graded neighbours Questions“Is Wrexham safe?”

data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL

Schools

22 state schools in Wrexham

Three of its 22 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.

School	Level	Pupils	Letter
Victoria Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary	Primary	440	–
Ysgol RhosnesniLargest secondary schoolSecondary	Secondary	1,091	–
Ysgol Morgan LlwydLargest Welsh-medium schoolSecondary	Secondary	930	–

Welsh Government · schools listSee all 22 schools →

Health

Life expectancy in Wrexham is shorter than in 91% of UK towns

Women here live to 80.7 on average and men to 75.9 (2019–23). 7 GP practices serve the town. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.

79%good or very good healthDHealth Grade

General health, self-reported

Good or very good 79%Fair 15%Bad or very bad 7%

Census 2021	Wrexham	Clwyd	Wales
Good or very good health	79%	79%	78%
Bad or very bad health	6.6%	6.5%	7.1%
Disabled (Equality Act)	21%	22%	22%

75.9

life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)

80.7

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.

Full pageWrexham’s health pageOpen the page

Health GradeLife expectancy: women 80.7, men 75.9 Getting care1 miles to A&E · Wrexham Maelor Hospital GP practices6,397 residents per practice Census health79% in good health

ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL

Work & commuteJobs & income grade C⁻

Work is close at hand in Wrexham: 63% of commuters travel under 5 km, more than in Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 15% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.

On this, Wrexham is above both Clwyd’s towns (39%) and Wales’s towns (41%). 78% of commuters drove to work at the census.

18%walk, cycle or ride

How commuters got to work · March 2021

Driving78%

On foot13%

Bus3%

Bicycle2%

63%

of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%

15%

worked mainly from home in March 2021

£42K

mean household income, before tax

3.6%

of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)

B⁺

Walkability: more walkable than 72% of UK towns

Full pageWrexham’s work & commute pageOpen the page

Commute map18% walk, cycle or ride Jobs based here27,750 jobs based here · Health and social care is the biggest, 34%Household income£42K a year · Mean household income Getting to work63% go under 5 km · Short trips to work

ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL

History

157 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.

Wrexham has 157 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Cadw’s list: 1 Grade I, 8 Grade II*. 16% of its homes were built before 1919.

157listed buildingsB⁺History Grade

Listed buildings by grade · Cadw

Grade I1

Grade II*8

Grade II148

Among them · Grade I

Parish Church of St Giles Grade I

scheduled monuments

registered parks and gardens

16%

of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%

listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24

Full pageWrexham’s history pageOpen the page

Listed buildings157 listed buildings Homes by age16% built before 1919 · Older homes Vs. the neighboursAhead of 6 of its 7 graded neighbours Questions“How many listed buildings are there in Wrexham?”

Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL

HousingCost of living grade B

Fewer households own their home in Wrexham than in Clwyd’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 55%

In the comparison, Wrexham comes below both Clwyd’s towns (66%) and Wales’s towns (65%). 24% of households live in social housing.

£190Kmedian sale

Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

Wrexham£190K

Typical UK town£277K

By type	Median	Sales
Detached	£285,000	453
Semi-detached	£190,500	482
Terraced	£140,000	384
Flat or maisonette	£113,500	155

55%

of households own their home · Wales 65%

21%

rent privately · Wales 17%

£770

average private rent a month, Wrexham council area

£2,309

council tax, Band D, 2026–27

Full pageWrexham’s housing & cost pageOpen the page

House pricesMedian sale £190,000 Renting£770 a month · Average private rent Council tax£2,309 Band D · Council tax, 2026–27 Owners and renters55% own their home

HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL

Who lives here

A town of families: 18% of people in Wrexham are under 15, more than in Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns

For Wrexham, that is above both Clwyd’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 19% of the town. Half the people of Wrexham are older than 41.2.

41.2median age

WrexhamClwydWales

ClwydWales

Ages · share of residents

19%

Qualifications · residents 16 and older

No qualifications23%

Apprenticeship6%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level28%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.

Ages and qualifications in Wrexham
	Wrexham	Clwyd	Wales
Under 15	18%	17%	17%
15–24	11%	10%	12%
25–44	26%	23%	25%
45–64	26%	27%	26%
65+	19%	23%	21%
No qualifications	23%	20%	20%
Apprenticeship	6.2%	6.5%	5.6%
A levels or similar	15%	17%	17%
Degree level	28%	29%	31%

Full pageWrexham’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages41.2 median age · 19% are 65 or over Households19,735 households · 55% own their home Where people were born15% born outside the UK Questions“What is the population of Wrexham?”

ONS Census 2021 · Clwyd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Wrexham

15pages on Wrexham

The big questions

SafetyD⁻62.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 Cost of livingBMedian home £190K · rent £770 a month Housing431 sold in 12 months · busiest street Cae Onnen Schools22 state schools (no results published in Wales)HealthDWork & commuteC⁻55% of working residents work in the town Flood & hazardsB⁻0.3% of homes at high or medium flood risk

Out and about

OutdoorsA92% live within 400 m of a park AttractionsClimateJuly highs of 21°C (69°F), 782 mm of rain a year Weather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 41.2 · 44,781 people HistoryB⁺157 listed buildings, 1 Grade I Town Hall & politicsCouncil area: Wrexham Famous people215 born here, among them Danny Ward

Landmarks

157 listed buildings in Wrexham, 1 of them Grade I.

All landmarks →

Parish Church of St GilesGrade I listed

Croesnewydd HallGrade II* listed

Wrexham General Station: Entrance BuildingGrade II listed

Wymmstay Arms HotelGrade II listed

Photo credits

Parish Church of St Giles: Photo: Jeff Buck · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Croesnewydd Hall: Photo: John Haynes · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wrexham General Station: Entrance Building: Photo: Geoff Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wymmstay Arms Hotel: Photo: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Wrexham

215 notable people were born in Wrexham.

See all 215 →

Danny WardWelsh association football player (born 1993)

Neco WilliamsWelsh association football player · born 2001

Harry WilsonWelsh association football player · born 1997

Robbie SavageWelsh association football player (born 1974)

Tom LawrenceWelsh footballer (born 1994)

Jason KoumasWelsh footballer (born 1979)

Photo credits

Danny Ward: md.faisalzaman from Worcester, MA, CC BY 2.0 · Neco Williams: حسین ظهروند, CC BY 4.0 · Harry Wilson: AFC Bournemouth, CC BY 3.0 · Robbie Savage: TuborgLight, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tom Lawrence: Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Jason Koumas: Dan Farrimond, CC BY 2.0

Wrexham’s neighbours

The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Clwyd →

RhostyllenMarchwielBradleyGwersylltBryntegGresfordPentre MaelorWrexham

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Wrexham	44,781	—	D	B	D⁻	D
Rhostyllen	2,760	2	C	B	C	C
Marchwiel	1,038	2.1	—	B	B	C
Bradley	1,316	2.2	—	B	A⁻	C⁻
Gwersyllt	7,112	2.2	C⁻	B⁺	C⁻	D
Brynteg	9,229	2.3	C⁻	B⁺	C⁻	D
Gresford	4,948	2.6	A⁻	C⁻	A	B⁺
Pentre Maelor	1,814	2.6	—	C⁺	D⁻	C⁺

Marchwiel, Bradley and Pentre Maelor have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.

Questions about Wrexham

Is Wrexham safe?

Police recorded 5,867 crimes inside Wrexham’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 43% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.

Is Wrexham expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £190,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £113,500, terraced houses £140,000, semi-detached houses £190,500 and detached houses £285,000.

How much is council tax in Wrexham?

Band D council tax in Wrexham 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.

About Wrexham

Large town in Clwyd, Wales

Wrexham is a built-up area of 44,781 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: 44,781 (Census 2021)
Council: Wrexham
County: Clwyd
Region: Wales
Area: 4.9 sq mi (12.6 km²)
ONS code: W45000151

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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