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Crime Rates in Wales, country

Crime Rate
per 1000 residents
96.2 crimes
Last updated: 04.12.2024

Annual total crime rate in Wales, country is 96.2 crimes per thousand resident population.

Crime rates in Wales (country) by type

Violence and sexual offences
36.8
Anti-social behaviour
15
Public order
9.57
Criminal damage and arson
8.34
Shoplifting
7.95
Other theft
5.44
Vehicle crime
3.71
Burglary
2.91
Drugs
2.14
Other crime
2
Bicycle theft
0.717
Possession of weapons
0.694
Theft from the person
0.495
Robbery
0.37

Data source: data.police.uk

Nov 2023 - Oct 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)

Number of 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. Powys50.9 low
2. Ceredigion55.6 low
3. Carmarthenshire59.5 low
4. Pembrokeshire66.2 low
5. Isle of Anglesey69.5 low
6. Monmouthshire80.5 low
7. Vale of Glamorgan80.6 low
8. Flintshire81.4 low
9. Neath Port Talbot83.2 low
10. Bridgend85.7 low
11. Gwynedd86.9 low
12. Rhondda Cynon Taf90.2 low
13. Swansea97.8 medium
14. Caerphilly104 medium
15. Wrexham109 medium
16. Conwy110 medium
17. Merthyr Tydfil116 medium
18. Denbighshire119 medium
19. Torfaen124 medium
20. Cardiff125 medium
21. Blaenau Gwent144 high
22. Newport149 high

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Nov 2023 - Oct 2024

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