# Wrexham

Town in Wrexham, Wales.

Wrexham is a town in Wrexham, Wales. Median sale price £195,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 155.4 per 1,000 people. About 46,072 people.

Town. Code W45000151. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham)

Wrexham is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Wrexham add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £195,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wrexham was £195,000 in 2025. Joint 207th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/wrexham#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 44,781** (2021). Wrexham had 44,781 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 249th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/wrexham#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Wrexham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/wrexham#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.4%** (January 2026). In Wrexham, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/wrexham#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=W45000151) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Wrexham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=W45000151) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 547 homes were sold in Wrexham in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=W45000151) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Wrexham.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=W45000151) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Wrexham had 44,781 usual residents at the census.

## How Wrexham compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Wrexham | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £195,000 | joint 35th most expensive | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 |
| Population | 44,781 | 7th most populated | 76 towns, Wales · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 76 towns, Wales · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 89.4% | joint 19th lowest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 |

## Is Wrexham safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wrexham at a rate of 155.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales.
In August 2026 alone, 754 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wrexham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,523), anti-social behaviour (1,265) and other crime (1,100).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Wrexham was 159.4 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in Wrexham, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Wrexham has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

## Neighbourhoods in Wrexham

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wrexham 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000368) | 1,976 | 26.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| [Wrexham 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000371) | 1,056 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.0% |
| [Wrexham 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000372) | 1,524 | 621.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 61.1% |
| [Wrexham 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000387) | 1,120 | 19.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wrexham 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000388) | 1,107 | 28.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| [Wrexham 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000422) | 2,141 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| [Wrexham 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000413) | 1,336 | 207.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Wrexham 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000414) | 1,217 | 111.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Wrexham 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000425) | 2,043 | 173.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.0% |
| [Wrexham 010F](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01001969) | 2,265 | 132.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.6% |
| [Wrexham 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000349) | 2,286 | 162.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.3% |
| [Wrexham 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000350) | 1,825 | 391.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 58.8% |
| [Wrexham 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000365) | 2,027 | 127.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| [Wrexham 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000402) | 2,540 | 159.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.2% |
| [Wrexham 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000381) | 1,107 | 103.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [Wrexham 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000382) | 1,398 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 77.8% |
| [Wrexham 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000423) | 2,214 | 165.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| [Wrexham 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000424) | 1,284 | 99.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.0% |
| [Wrexham 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01001929) | 1,189 | 135.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.7% |
| [Wrexham 012G](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01001931) | 1,420 | 539.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 67.8% |
| [Wrexham 022E](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01001972) | 1,310 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 79.1% |
| [Wrexham 023A](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000344) | 1,241 | 21.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wrexham 023B](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000343) | 1,026 | 11.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| [Wrexham 023C](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000341) | 1,552 | 115.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.1% |
| [Wrexham 023D](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000416) | 1,175 | 24.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wrexham 023E](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000342) | 1,535 | 101.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| [Wrexham 023F](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000415) | 1,429 | 67.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.4% |
| [Wrexham 023G](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/neighbourhood/w01000393) | 1,937 | 130.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.9% |

## Your MP

- [Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wrexham): Andrew Ranger (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham)

## Postcode districts covering Wrexham

[LL11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ll11), [LL12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ll12), [LL13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ll13)

## Middle areas in Wrexham

[Caia Park](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/caia-park), [Hermitage & Whitegate](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/hermitage-and-whitegate), [Maes-y-dre & Borras](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/maes-y-dre-and-borras), [Town North, University & Rhos-ddu](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/town-north-university-and-rhos-ddu), [Wrexham West](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham/wrexham-west)

## Towns near Wrexham

[Brynteg](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brynteg), [Rhosllannerchrugog](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rhosllannerchrugog), [Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chester), [Buckley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/buckley), [Hawarden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hawarden), [Mold](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mold)

## Wrexham in brief

Wrexham is a town in Wrexham, Wales.
About 46,072 people lived in Wrexham in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £195,000 in 2025 across 547 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 155.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Wrexham was £195,000 in 2025.
Wrexham had 44,781 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Wrexham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wrexham, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: W45000151
- Constituency: [Wrexham †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wrexham)
- Council: [Wrexham †](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham)
- Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales)
- Area: 12.59 km²
- People, mid-2024: 46,072*
- Neighbourhoods: 28
- Output areas: 150

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Brynteg](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brynteg), [Rhosllannerchrugog](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rhosllannerchrugog), [Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chester), [Buckley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/buckley), [Hawarden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hawarden), [Mold](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mold)

## Latest updates for Wrexham

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/W45000151

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/wrexham, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/wrexham#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/wrexham