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Gresford

Gresford is a town in Clwyd, Wales, with a population of around 5,010. It has around 1 pharmacy and 1 restaurant or café, 10 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Gresford (WDSME), 1.9 km away. There were around 13 recorded street crimes in June 2026, 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 Gresford 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
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales

Weather

16°CMist

  • Today: 18° / 9° · 75% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:37

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

Crime

26 reported · July 2026 37% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences11
  • Anti-social behaviour9
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Drugs1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Gresford East and West · 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

96 reported road collisions (2024)

32 killed or seriously injured · 126 casualties · 7.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

74 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 70 rated 4–5 ★ (67 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Gresford (WDSME) (1.4 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Gwersyllt (3.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£212,502 average 3.4% YoY

Across Wrexham · to 2026-06

Detached£317,036
Semi-detached£197,888
Terraced£159,918
Flat£106,099

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£766 average monthly rent 3.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £594
  • 2 bed £707
  • 3 bed £836

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (9.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (9.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

21 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: WrexhamPublic (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches15
  • Playgrounds4

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)

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

Your MP

Andrew Ranger

Labour

Wrexham

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Conservative coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,995 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised

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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

Grid electricity

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 69% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 4% · Gas 3%

14 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

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 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Gresford · 0.4 km

    Gresford is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

  • Gresford Methodist Church · 0.5 km

    The Gresford Methodist Church, historically known as the Gresford Wesleyan Methodist Church, is a church on Chester Road in Gresford, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The Wesleyan Methodist Church held its first service…

  • All Saints Primary School, Gresford · 0.5 km

    All Saints Primary School is a primary school in Gresford, Wales. It was built in memory of Thomas Vowler Short, Bishop of St Asaph, in 1874. It is a Grade II listed building.

  • All Saints' Church, Gresford · 0.5 km

    All Saints' Church stands in the former coal mining village of Gresford in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is a large, mainly late 15th-century church in a slightly red sandstone, in many ways more typical of nearby…

  • Gresford railway station · 0.7 km

    Gresford Halt was a small railway station located on the Great Western Railway's Paddington to Birkenhead line a few miles north of Wrexham in Wales and halfway up the Gresford bank.

  • The Flash (lake) · 1.1 km

    The Flash or Gresford Flash is a lake located near Borras and Gresford, in Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Gresford?
Gresford is a town in Clwyd, Wales, in the Wrexham local authority.
What is the population of Gresford?
Gresford has an approximate settlement population of 5,010.
How deprived is Gresford?
The Wrexham local authority, which includes Gresford, is around the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.