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Crime Rates in Wales, country
Crime Rate
per 1000 residents
per 1000 residents
96.5 crimes
Last updated: 06.11.2024
Annual total crime rate in Wales, country is 96.5 crimes per thousand resident population.
Crime rates in Wales (country) by type
Violence and sexual offences
36.8
Anti-social behaviour
15.3
Public order
9.65
Criminal damage and arson
8.42
Shoplifting
7.95
Other theft
5.46
Vehicle crime
3.7
Burglary
2.9
Drugs
2.09
Other crime
1.95
Bicycle theft
0.745
Possession of weapons
0.683
Theft from the person
0.5
Robbery
0.363
Data source: data.police.uk
Oct 2023 - Sept 2024
Above are annual crime rates in Wales (country) by crime type.
The figures represent the number of annual crimes of a certain type per thousand resident population in Wales (country).
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Historical crime rates in Wales (country)
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Data source: data.police.uk
Annual total crime rates in local authority districts of Wales (country)
Borough name | Crime Rate |
---|---|
1. Powys | 50.4 low |
2. Ceredigion | 54 low |
3. Carmarthenshire | 58.6 low |
4. Pembrokeshire | 64.9 low |
5. Isle of Anglesey | 69.9 low |
6. Monmouthshire | 80.5 low |
7. Vale of Glamorgan | 81.3 low |
8. Flintshire | 81.5 low |
9. Neath Port Talbot | 83.7 low |
10. Gwynedd | 86.1 low |
11. Bridgend | 86.2 low |
12. Rhondda Cynon Taf | 91.5 medium |
13. Swansea | 98.5 medium |
14. Caerphilly | 105 medium |
15. Conwy | 109 medium |
16. Wrexham | 110 medium |
17. Merthyr Tydfil | 117 medium |
18. Denbighshire | 119 medium |
19. Torfaen | 123 medium |
20. Cardiff | 127 high |
21. Blaenau Gwent | 143 high |
22. Newport | 149 high |
*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population
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Data source: data.police.uk
Oct 2023 - Sept 2024
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