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Crime Rates in Wales, country

Crime Rate
per 1000 residents
93.1 crimes
Last updated: 12.11.2025

Annual total crime rate in Wales, country is 93.1 crimes per thousand resident population.

Crime rates in Wales (country) by type

Violence and sexual offences
36.3
Anti-social behaviour
14.6
Public order
8.88
Criminal damage and arson
8.06
Shoplifting
7.01
Other theft
5.03
Vehicle crime
3.18
Drugs
2.89
Burglary
2.69
Other crime
2.33
Possession of weapons
0.793
Bicycle theft
0.587
Robbery
0.414
Theft from the person
0.391

Data source: data.police.uk

Oct 2024 - Sept 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. Monmouthshire66 low
2. Powys66.8 low
3. Ceredigion68.5 low
4. Isle of Anglesey72 low
5. Vale of Glamorgan74.7 low
6. Carmarthenshire77.8 low
7. Flintshire79.5 low
8. Bridgend83.1 low
9. Neath Port Talbot83.5 low
10. Pembrokeshire85 low
11. Gwynedd88.3 low
12. Rhondda Cynon Taf89 low
13. Caerphilly89.9 low
14. Swansea94.9 low
15. Conwy105 medium
16. Wrexham105 medium
17. Torfaen106 medium
18. Merthyr Tydfil111 medium
19. Denbighshire116 medium
20. Cardiff117 medium
21. Newport118 medium
22. Blaenau Gwent124 medium

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Oct 2024 - Sept 2025

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