Postcode · Whitchurch
Crime in SY13 3BB
How much crime is recorded in SY13 3BB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bangor-on-Dee, Overton & Penley
- Council
- Wrexham
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,470 (2024)
SY13 3BBWhitchurch
How safe is SY13 3BB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY13 3BB area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
26
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
SY13 3BBNational
Burglary11.19.1
Violence and sexual offences9.723.6
Anti-social behaviour3.610.7
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Other theft2.54.5
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Other crime1.01.5
Drugs0.92.4
Robbery0.31.4
Public order0.14.6
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 28% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.