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Crime Rates in Wales, country

Crime Rate
per 1000 residents
90.9 crimes
Last updated: 10.12.2025

Annual total crime rate in Wales, country is 90.9 crimes per thousand resident population.

Crime rates in Wales (country) by type

Violence and sexual offences
35.6
Anti-social behaviour
14.2
Public order
8.67
Criminal damage and arson
7.82
Shoplifting
6.78
Other theft
4.89
Vehicle crime
3.07
Drugs
2.85
Burglary
2.6
Other crime
2.29
Possession of weapons
0.78
Bicycle theft
0.59
Robbery
0.413
Theft from the person
0.389

Data source: data.police.uk

Nov 2024 - Oct 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. Monmouthshire59.4 low
2. Powys66.7 low
3. Ceredigion67 low
4. Isle of Anglesey71.8 low
5. Vale of Glamorgan74.4 low
6. Carmarthenshire77 low
7. Flintshire79 low
8. Caerphilly81.3 low
9. Bridgend83.6 low
10. Pembrokeshire84.1 low
11. Neath Port Talbot84.4 low
12. Gwynedd86.5 low
13. Rhondda Cynon Taf89.3 low
14. Swansea94.9 low
15. Torfaen95.1 low
16. Conwy104 medium
17. Wrexham104 medium
18. Newport106 medium
19. Blaenau Gwent111 medium
20. Merthyr Tydfil111 medium
21. Denbighshire114 medium
22. Cardiff117 medium

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

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