Wrexham: local statistics
Wrexham is a principal council area in Wales, home to an estimated 137,977 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Wrexham, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 68.8% of Wrexham residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 5.3 points); the figure for Wales was 72.1%. Its lowest reading in the series was 68.8% and its highest 81.7%.
3.0% of Wrexham residents aged 16 to 64 (2,545 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for Wales was 3.4%. That compares with 2.9% a year before. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.8% (January 2026) and 4.6% (August 2021).
Police recorded 11,482 crimes in Wrexham in the year to March 2026, 83.2 for every 1,000 residents, the 7th highest rate of the 20 council areas in Wales. A year earlier it was 86.3. In the year to March 2016 it was 74.3 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Wrexham took home £694.10 a week before tax, or £35,246 over a year. It is the 15th highest of the 22 council areas in Wales, and 3.5% less than across Wales. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £714.20, £20.10 higher. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £488.10: a change of +42% before inflation.
A typical home in Wrexham cost £212,778 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 2.2% on July 2025. It ranks as mid-table in Wales, 10th of 22; the average for Wales was £215,037. Prices are 50% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 6.0 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Wrexham. That ratio is mid-table in Wales, 11th of 22.
Average Band D council tax in Wrexham is £2,308.88 for 2026-27, 5.3% more than in 2025-26. It is mid-table in Wales, 13th of 22.
137,977 people lived in Wrexham in mid-2025, according to the ONS, unchanged on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 1.8%, against +3.3% for Wales as a whole. That is mid-table in Wales, 12th of 22. No earlier year in the series was higher.
A girl born in Wrexham in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 82.1 years and a boy 77.5 years, on the ONS's period measure (Wales: 82.2 and 78.3). For women that is 0.3 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.8 less. It is mid-table in Wales, 12th of 22.
The ONS counted 5,115 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Wrexham in March 2026, 4% more than in 2016. There are 37 per 1,000 residents, close to the middle of the 22 council areas in Wales (13th highest).
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 135,565 |
| 2016 | 135,354 |
| 2017 | 135,619 |
| 2018 | 136,244 |
| 2019 | 135,899 |
| 2020 | 135,980 |
| 2021 | 135,152 |
| 2022 | 135,724 |
| 2023 | 136,653 |
| 2024 | 137,921 |
| 2025 | 137,977 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £142,271 |
| July 2017 | £147,998 |
| July 2018 | £149,414 |
| July 2019 | £152,943 |
| July 2020 | £152,538 |
| July 2021 | £171,122 |
| July 2022 | £194,822 |
| July 2023 | £193,352 |
| July 2024 | £192,999 |
| July 2025 | £208,264 |
| July 2026 | £212,778 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £488.10 a week |
| 2016 | £500.20 a week |
| 2017 | £486.90 a week |
| 2018 | £531.50 a week |
| 2019 | £579.40 a week |
| 2020 | £560.50 a week |
| 2021 | £574.90 a week |
| 2022 | £619.50 a week |
| 2023 | £642.40 a week |
| 2024 | £661.10 a week |
| 2025 | £694.10 a week |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 74.3 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 77.9 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 101.0 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 105.7 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 101.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 92.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 111.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 108.8 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 93.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 86.3 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 83.2 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 76.2% |
| 2016/17 | 76.5% |
| 2017/18 | 78.3% |
| 2018/19 | 77.3% |
| 2019/20 | 75.3% |
| 2020/21 | 73.3% |
| 2021/22 | 72.0% |
| 2022/23 | 73.0% |
| 2023/24 | 81.7% |
| 2024/25 | 76.7% |
| 2025/26 | 68.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.8 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.4 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.5 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.4 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.6 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.1 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,935 |
| 2017 | 5,060 |
| 2018 | 5,130 |
| 2019 | 5,065 |
| 2020 | 5,130 |
| 2021 | 5,120 |
| 2022 | 5,065 |
| 2023 | 4,965 |
| 2024 | 4,950 |
| 2025 | 4,995 |
| 2026 | 5,115 |
Questions about Wrexham
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Wrexham?
The ONS claimant count was 2,545 in August 2026, 3.0% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Wrexham?
Home Office figures show 11,482 offences in the year to March 2026, or 83.2 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the average salary in Wrexham?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Wrexham was £694.10 a week in April 2025 (£35,246 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the average house price in Wrexham?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £212,778.
How much is Band D council tax in Wrexham?
£2,308.88 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Welsh Government).
What is the population of Wrexham?
137,977 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is life expectancy in Wrexham?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 77.5 years for men and 82.1 for women.
Who has power over Wrexham
Every body that makes decisions for Wrexham, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Wrexham council this page
- Wrexham in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
- Senedd and Welsh Government makes law for Wales on devolved subjects
Level 6: National government
- Clwyd East: Becky Gittins (Labour) MP
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr: Steve Witherden (Labour) MP
- Wrexham: Andrew Ranger (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Figures for Wales
- UK figures: UK employment rate · UK unemployment rate · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in Wales: Bridgend · Gwynedd · Neath Port Talbot · Pembrokeshire · Powys · Vale of Glamorgan
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