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Acrefair and Cefn-mawr

Acrefair and Cefn-mawr is a town in Clwyd, Wales. It has around 2 schools, 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, and 5 restaurants and cafés, and the nearest railway station is Ruabon, 2.2 km away. In June 2026, there were around 65 recorded street crimes, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Acrefair and Cefn-mawr area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Wrexham area is around the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 135,114 residents at roughly 268 people per km².

Council
Wrexham
County
Clwyd
Constituency
Clwyd South
Police force
North Wales

Weather

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 4° · 57% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:36

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

Crime

102 reported · August 2026▲ 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences42
  • Anti-social behaviour21
  • Criminal damage & arson13
  • Other crime7

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Cefn · 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

75 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 74 rated 4–5 ★ (72 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ruabon (2.2 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ruabon (2.2 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 (4.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (4.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

13 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 125 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Cefn Mawr (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches11
  • Playgrounds11

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

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,115 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in LL14

  • The Surgery
  • Chirk Surgery
  • The Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Notable places nearby

  • The Rock, Rhosymedre · 0.2 km

    The Rock is a football stadium in Rhosymedre, Wales. It is currently the home stadium for Wrexham AFC Women, as well as Cefn Druids.

  • Rhosymedre · 0.2 km

    Rhosymedre is a village within the community of Cefn, in Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

  • Rhosymedre Halt railway station · 0.3 km

    Rhosymedre Halt was a minor railway station on the Great Western Railway's London to Birkenhead main line, serving the mining village of Rhosymedre near Cefn Mawr in Wales. Although the station is gone, the railway re…

  • Acrefair railway station · 0.4 km

    Acrefair railway station was a former station on the Ruabon–Barmouth line in North East Wales. It closed to passengers on 18 January 1965 as part of the Beeching Axe.

  • Plaskynaston Lane · 0.4 km

    Plaskynaston Lane is a demolished football stadium in Cefn Mawr, Wrexham, Wales. It was the home stadium of Cefn Druids A.F.C. of the Welsh Premier from 1961 until 2010. The stadium held 2,000 spectators with 280 seated.

  • Cefn Mawr · 0.5 km

    Cefn Mawr is a village in the community of Cefn within Wrexham County Borough, Wales. Its name translates as "big ridge". The population in 2001 was 6,669, increasing to 7,051 in 2011.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Acrefair and Cefn-mawr?
Acrefair and Cefn-mawr is a town in Clwyd, Wales, in the Wrexham local authority.
How deprived is Acrefair and Cefn-mawr?
The Wrexham local authority, which includes Acrefair and Cefn-mawr, is around the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.