Crime Statistics for The Dunks, Wrexham, Wrexham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for The Dunks in September 2024. There were a total of 515 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in The Dunks, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	200
Shoplifting	70
Anti Social Behaviour	68
Criminal Damage Arson	38
Other Theft	36
Public Order	35
Burglary	17
Drugs	15
Vehicle Crime	13
Theft From The Person	6
Bicycle Theft	5
Other Crime	5
Robbery	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
All Crime	515

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes The Dunks. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to The Dunks

We've taken the ten nearest places to The Dunks and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if The Dunks has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Rhosnesni	883
Rhosddu (0.88 miles)	820
The Dunks	515
Acton (0.62 miles)	499
Plas Coch (1.39 miles)	285
Borras (1.24 miles)	247
Bryn Offa (1.39 miles)	208
Garden Village (1.39 miles)	184
Rhosrobin (1.75 miles)	138
Felin Puleston (1.39 miles)	110

Where are the most violent places near The Dunks?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to The Dunks and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Rhosnesni	351
Rhosddu	284
The Dunks	200
Acton	196
Borras	125
Plas Coch	106
Garden Village	98
Bryn Offa	61
Rhosrobin	54
Felin Puleston	34

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in The Dunks?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in The Dunks to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in The Dunks compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to The Dunks and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.The Dunks is ranked #10.

#	Ward	Score
1	Queensway	99
2	Wynnstay	99
3	Offa	99
4	Maesydre	99
5	Brynyffynnon	99
6	Cartrefle	99
7	Whitegate	99
8	Hermitage	99
9	Grosvenor	99
10	Smithfield	99
11	Erddig	97

Which road in The Dunks has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in The Dunks with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Salop Road.