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Crime Rates in Wales, country

Crime Rate
per 1000 residents
88.8 crimes
Last updated: 07.01.2026

Annual total crime rate in Wales, country is 88.8 crimes per thousand resident population.

Crime rates in Wales (country) by type

Violence and sexual offences
34.9
Anti-social behaviour
13.7
Public order
8.47
Criminal damage and arson
7.6
Shoplifting
6.58
Other theft
4.78
Vehicle crime
3.02
Drugs
2.82
Burglary
2.54
Other crime
2.23
Possession of weapons
0.778
Bicycle theft
0.586
Robbery
0.428
Theft from the person
0.381

Data source: data.police.uk

Dec 2024 - Nov 2025

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)

Number of annual crimes per 1000 resident population

  • Wales
    country

Data source: data.police.uk

Annual total crime rates in local authority districts of Wales (country)

Borough nameCrime Rate
1. Monmouthshire52.7 low
2. Ceredigion65.9 low
3. Powys66.9 low
4. Isle of Anglesey70.1 low
5. Caerphilly72.6 low
6. Vale of Glamorgan74.3 low
7. Carmarthenshire76.8 low
8. Flintshire77.9 low
9. Pembrokeshire84.1 low
10. Neath Port Talbot84.2 low
11. Bridgend84.3 low
12. Torfaen85.1 low
13. Gwynedd86.3 low
14. Rhondda Cynon Taf89.5 low
15. Swansea94.1 low
16. Newport94.2 low
17. Blaenau Gwent98.2 medium
18. Wrexham103 medium
19. Conwy103 medium
20. Merthyr Tydfil110 medium
21. Denbighshire113 medium
22. Cardiff117 medium

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Dec 2024 - Nov 2025

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