Welsh principal area · W06000006 · Wales
Wrexham
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Outstanding borrowing is the MHCLG live-table stock, not a press figure. Crime is police-recorded and mapped from Community Safety Partnership areas. Political control is the 2026 Open Council Data composition snapshot. Welsh principal areas use the same official England-and-Wales tables (Country WAL / ONS W06).
Total outstanding borrowing
£519.4m
£519,448,000
Debt per resident
£3,765
Using mid-2025 population of 137,977
Population
137,977
ONS mid-year estimate
Recorded crime rate
83.1 per 1,000
11,482 offences, year to March 2026
Borrowing
Wrexham reported £519,448,000 of outstanding borrowing as at 30 June 2026. That is total outstanding borrowing (all sources, including loans from other local authorities). About £3,765 per resident.
Figures converted from £ thousand as published. This is a stock of outstanding borrowing, not the annual deficit.
Source: MHCLG — Borrowing and investment live table, Q1 2026 to 2027. As of 30 Jun 2026 · Q1 2026–27 (as at 30 June 2026).
Population
137,977 usual residents at mid-2025, on 2023 local authority boundaries.
Source: ONS — Estimates of the population for England and Wales, mid-2025. As of 30 Jun 2025 · Mid-2025 (2023 local authority boundaries).
Recorded crime
11,482 police-recorded offences excluding fraud, a rate of 83.1 per 1,000.
Police force / area: North Wales.
Community Safety Partnership: Wrexham.
Police recorded crime excluding fraud, CSP area “Wrexham” (North Wales Police).
Source: ONS / Home Office — Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area data tables (Tables C2 and C4). As of 31 Mar 2026 · Year ending March 2026.
Who runs the council
No overall control — Independent, Conservative on a council of 56 seats.
- Labour 14
- Conservative 7
- Liberal Democrats 0
- Plaid Cymru 7
- Green 0
- Reform UK 1
- Other 27
Open Council Data is a curated compilation of published council compositions, not an official government statistical release. Plaid Cymru seats use the OCD `pc` column.
Source: Open Council Data UK — GB council compositions 2016–2026. As of 1 May 2026 · 2026 composition snapshot (shortly after the May local elections / by-elections).
Last local election / current composition
No overall control — Independent, Conservative; 56 seats (Lab 14, Con 7, LD 0, Plaid 7, Green 0, Reform 1, other 27)
Next scheduled local election (from the councillor file): 6 May 2027. Election calendar
Next UK general election: not yet set. National and mayoral dates: Election calendar.
Source: Open Council Data UK council compositions and councillor file, 2026. As of 1 May 2026.
2024 general election in this area
Labour won 3 of 3 overlapping constituency/constituencies. Parliamentary constituencies do not match council boundaries exactly.
- Labour35.8% · 47,029 votes
- Conservative24.0% · 31,525 votes
- Reform UK17.8% · 23,435 votes
- Plaid Cymru10.3% · 13,538 votes
- Liberal Democrats7.7% · 10,106 votes
Indicative sum of votes in overlapping constituencies. Some constituencies cross local authority boundaries, so this is not a precise LA result.
3 overlapping constituencies
- Clwyd East: Labour — Becky Gittins
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr: Labour — Steve Witherden
- Wrexham: Labour — Andrew Ranger
Source: House of Commons Library — General election 2024 results (CBP-10009). As of 4 Jul 2024.
Council tax (Band D)
Full rankings- Area Band D
- £2,308.88
- £ change
- +£115.99
- % change
- +5.29%
- Rank
- 13 of 22financial year 2026 to 2027
Overall average Band D for a two-adult dwelling in this Welsh principal area, including the county/county borough, community council and police precepts. Ranked 13 of 22 in Wales for 2026-27.
Source: Welsh Government — Council Tax levels: April 2026 to March 2027 (Tables 1–2 overall Band D and official £ / % change). As of 24 Mar 2026 · financial year 2026 to 2027.
Explain this numberWales overall Band D
The Welsh Government overall average Band D for a two-adult dwelling in this principal area — the county or county borough plus community council and police precepts.
- Not average council tax per dwelling (a separate column in the same release), and not the amount every household pays (Wales bands A–I are fixed fractions of Band D).
- Year-on-year £ and % are the published Overall increase columns. Missing values stay unavailable — we do not invent them.
- Ranked among Wales’s 22 principal areas only. MHCLG England area Band D is a different collection.
Source: Welsh Government — Council Tax levels: April 2026 to March 2027 (Tables 1–2 overall Band D and official £ / % change). As of 24 Mar 2026 · financial year 2026 to 2027.
MPs covering this area
Parliamentary constituencies from the House of Commons Library GE 2024 results that overlap this council (ONS lookup). Sitting MPs are joined from the committed Members API snapshot — usually by constituency name. ONS constituency codes are shown for the seat; the Members API has no ONS codes, so a code-level join is not available. Name-only joins are labelled.
- Matched on constituency name
Clwyd East
W07000094 · GE 2024: Labour — Becky Gittins
LabourRMFI entries in latest register: 0
Recent stored division: voted Aye on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading (11 Sept 2026).
- Matched on constituency name
Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
W07000102 · GE 2024: Labour — Steve Witherden
LabourRMFI entries in latest register: 3
Recent stored division: voted Aye on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading (11 Sept 2026).
- Matched on constituency name
Wrexham
W07000111 · GE 2024: Labour — Andrew Ranger
LabourRMFI entries in latest register: 2
Recent stored division: voted Aye on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading (11 Sept 2026).
Source: House of Commons Library — General election 2024 results (CBP-10009). As of 4 Jul 2024.
Source: UK Parliament Members API (committed snapshot). As of 13 Sept 2026.