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Crime Rates in Wales, country

Crime Rate
per 1000 residents
87.9 crimes
Last updated: 05.02.2026

Annual total crime rate in Wales, country is 87.9 crimes per thousand resident population.

Crime rates in Wales (country) by type

Violence and sexual offences
34.7
Anti-social behaviour
13.4
Public order
8.42
Criminal damage and arson
7.53
Shoplifting
6.49
Other theft
4.69
Vehicle crime
2.97
Drugs
2.85
Burglary
2.48
Other crime
2.21
Possession of weapons
0.783
Bicycle theft
0.569
Robbery
0.447
Theft from the person
0.382

Data source: data.police.uk

Jan 2025 - Dec 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. Monmouthshire46.8 low
2. Caerphilly64.7 low
3. Isle of Anglesey69.1 low
4. Ceredigion70.8 low
5. Powys71.4 low
6. Vale of Glamorgan74.4 low
7. Torfaen76.1 low
8. Flintshire76.6 low
9. Newport82.9 low
10. Carmarthenshire83.3 low
11. Neath Port Talbot84.2 low
12. Bridgend85.4 low
13. Gwynedd85.7 low
14. Blaenau Gwent88.3 low
15. Rhondda Cynon Taf89.9 low
16. Pembrokeshire90.3 low
17. Swansea93.8 low
18. Wrexham102 medium
19. Conwy102 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

Jan 2025 - Dec 2025

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