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Wrexham

Wrexham is a town in Clwyd, Wales. It has around 1 restaurant and café, and Wrexham Central railway station, located 2.9 km away. Covers 27 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Wrexham is around the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). It is home to around 135,114 residents at roughly 268 people per km².

Weather

6°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 9° / 3° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:39

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Marchwiel · North Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Continuing our focus on tackling antisocial behaviour and criminal activity.
  • Visibility and engagement with our communities.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

102 reported road collisions (2025)

49 killed or seriously injured · 150 casualties · 7.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

285 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 274 rated 4–5 ★ (259 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wrexham Central (2.9 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wrexham Central (2.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£215,035 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Wrexham · to 2026-08

Detached£319,935
Semi-detached£200,134
Terraced£162,433
Flat£107,670

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£770 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £597
  • 2 bed £711
  • 3 bed £840

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

5.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.3 times median annual pay (5.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (3.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (3.3 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 125 kW
  • Nearest: National Trust Erddig (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

135,114 residents in Wrexham · 268/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,448
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,144
  • Net moves+304

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in Wales

7% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 12% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 61,860)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Council control

Independent / Conservative coalition

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,115 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

780 jobs advertised · £40,831 avg

e.g. Hospital Manager, Engineering Supervisor, Field Sales Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£694 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,786 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,381 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wrexham:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Erddig · 1.1 km

    Erddig is a country house and estate in the community of Marchwiel, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Wrexham, Wales. It is centred on a country house which dates principally from between 1684 and 1687, when the…

  • Marchwiel Hall · 1.2 km

    Marchwiel Hall is a Grade II listed building in the village of Marchwiel, Wrexham County Borough in North Wales.

  • St Joseph's Catholic and Anglican High School · 1.8 km

    St Joseph's Catholic and Anglican High School is a secondary school in Wrexham, Wales, located on Sontley Road and situated on the edge of the Erddig estate. The school is opposite the Bishop of Wrexham's residence. I…

  • A525 road · 1.9 km

    The A525 is a major route from Rhyl in Wales to Newcastle-under-Lyme in England. The route passes near Denbigh, through Ruthin, through Wrexham and near Whitchurch.

  • Bersham Colliery · 2.0 km

    Bersham Colliery was a large coal mine located near Rhostyllen in Wrexham, Wales. The mine accessed seams found in the Denbighshire Coalfield.

  • Rhostyllen · 2.0 km

    Rhostyllen is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, south-west of the city of Wrexham. At the time of the 2001 census, area Wrexham 014A, which includes Rhostyllen itself, had a population of 1,383 in 599 househ…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)