Overton and Maelor South
WardSouth east Wrexham. About 2,803 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 37 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 29% of people in Overton and Maelor South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Overton and Maelor South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Overton and Maelor South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Overton and Maelor South at a rate of 52.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.0 per 1,000 people across Wrexham.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Overton and Maelor South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (41), violence and sexual offences (35) and other crime (15).
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.
Figures for the whole of Wrexham
These figures are published for the whole of Wrexham, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wrexham and not Overton and Maelor South alone. See Wrexham
Overton and Maelor South in brief
Overton and Maelor South had 2,727 usual residents at the census.
About 29% of people in Overton and Maelor South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Overton and Maelor South, 33.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Overton and Maelor South, 0.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.