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Crime Rates in Wales, country

Crime Rate
per 1000 residents
86 crimes
Last updated: 04.03.2026

Annual total crime rate in Wales, country is 86 crimes per thousand resident population.

Crime rates in Wales (country) by type

Crime typeRateScore
Violence and sexual offences
34
Anti-social behaviour
13
Public order
8.25
Criminal damage and arson
7.36
Shoplifting
6.42
Other theft
4.6
Vehicle crime
2.87
Drugs
2.8
Burglary
2.37
Other crime
2.15
Possession of weapons
0.776
Bicycle theft
0.554
Robbery
0.462
Theft from the person
0.372

Data source: data.police.uk

Feb 2025 - Jan 2026

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. Monmouthshire41.4 low
2. Caerphilly56.4 low
3. Torfaen67.1 low
4. Ceredigion69.4 low
5. Isle of Anglesey69.7 low
6. Powys70.7 low
7. Newport72.4 low
8. Vale of Glamorgan73.8 low
9. Flintshire76.3 low
10. Blaenau Gwent77.5 low
11. Carmarthenshire83.6 low
12. Neath Port Talbot83.8 low
13. Bridgend86.1 low
14. Gwynedd86.9 low
15. Rhondda Cynon Taf89.5 low
16. Pembrokeshire89.8 low
17. Swansea93.1 low
18. Wrexham102 medium
19. Conwy102 medium
20. Merthyr Tydfil111 medium
21. Denbighshire114 medium
22. Cardiff116 medium

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Feb 2025 - Jan 2026

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