United Kingdom · Wales · Local Authority
Wrexham
Local Authority · Wales · population ~136k
Affordable to buy, but not cheap to rent, and with crime above average. Wrexham offers a median house price of £195,000, a multiple of 5.4 times annual pay, which is below the Wales median. However, rent is higher than the Wales average at £759 a month, taking 25.2% of gross median earnings. Recorded crime is also notably higher than the Wales median, at 84.9 per 1,000 people. This suggests Wrexham may suit those prioritising home ownership affordability over lower rental costs or lower crime rates.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
The signature
How Wrexham ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,093/yr
Very low
Worse than 82% of UK LAs
House price
£195,000
Most affordable
Better than 83% of UK LAs
Rent
£759/mo
Most affordable
Better than 80% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,309/yr
Cheap
Better than 78% of UK LAs
Crime
84.9/1k
High
Worse than 68% of UK LAs
Deprivation
—
no data
Schools
—
no data
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools data
School quality is published by the Estyn regulator, which uses a methodology distinct from England's Ofsted. We don't synthesise a Wales schools list here — for current ratings of schools in Wrexham, see the official Estyn site.
Places with similar signatures
Nearest by quintile position across pay · housing · tax · crime · IMD · schools
What we don't know yet
Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.