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Rhostyllen

Rhostyllen is a town or village in Clwyd, Wales. There are four restaurants and cafés, one pharmacy, two bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Wrexham Central, 2.3 km away. In June 2026, there were 28 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Rhostyllen 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

4°CCloudy

  • Today: 11° / 4° · 61% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:35

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

Crime

32 reported · August 2026▲ 88% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences15
  • Anti-social behaviour7
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Vehicle crime3

Neighbourhood team: Esclusham · North Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Reducing Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) in the City Centre
  • Partnership working

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

329 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 317 rated 4–5 ★ (298 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wrexham Central (2.4 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wrexham Central (2.5 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 (2.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (2.4 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

24 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 125 kW
  • Nearest: WrexhamPublic (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches16
  • Playgrounds3

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

  • Schools3
  • 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)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised · £35,560 avg

e.g. Warehouse Forklift Driver, JOB VACANCY - PIVOT TRUCK DRIVER / BENDI (AISLE, Branch Assistant

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 52% · Nuclear 27% · Gas 17% · Imports 4%

66 gCO₂/kWh · 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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in LL14

  • The Surgery
  • Chirk Surgery
  • The Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Notable places nearby

  • Bersham Colliery · 0.3 km

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

  • Rhostyllen railway station · 0.5 km

    Rhostyllen was a minor railway station of the Great Western Railway, located on the Rhos Branch just off the Shrewsbury to Chester Line a couple of miles south of Wrexham in Wales. Rhostyllen was a mining area and the…

  • Rhostyllen · 0.6 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…

  • Rhostyllen F.C. · 0.6 km

    Rhostyllen Football Club is a Welsh football club from Rhostyllen in Wrexham County Borough. The club was founded in 2015 and they play in the North East Wales Division One.

  • Bersham Ironworks · 0.8 km

    Bersham Ironworks was a large ironworks at Bersham, near Wrexham, Wales. The original working site of John Wilkinson, it was the first site in the world to use a new way of boring holes in cannon and steam engine cyli…

  • Bersham · 1.0 km

    Bersham is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, that lies next to the River Clywedog, and is in the community of Esclusham. Bersham was historically a major industrial centre of the area, but despite this the v…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

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