Penycae and Ruabon South
WardSouth east Wrexham. About 2,669 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 32 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Penycae and Ruabon South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Penycae and Ruabon South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Penycae and Ruabon South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Penycae and Ruabon South at a rate of 89.9 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, 23 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Penycae and Ruabon South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (82), anti-social behaviour (59) and other crime (32).
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 Penycae and Ruabon South alone. See Wrexham
Penycae and Ruabon South in brief
Penycae and Ruabon South had 2,606 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Penycae and Ruabon South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Penycae and Ruabon South, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Penycae and Ruabon South, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.