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Crime Rates in Wales, country

Crime Rate
per 1000 residents
97.1 crimes
Last updated: 09.10.2024

Annual total crime rate in Wales, country is 97.1 crimes per thousand resident population.

Crime rates in Wales (country) by type

Violence and sexual offences
37
Anti-social behaviour
15.7
Public order
9.83
Criminal damage and arson
8.33
Shoplifting
7.91
Other theft
5.54
Vehicle crime
3.67
Burglary
2.86
Drugs
2.06
Other crime
1.92
Bicycle theft
0.763
Possession of weapons
0.684
Theft from the person
0.507
Robbery
0.356

Data source: data.police.uk

Sept 2023 - Aug 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. Powys50.8 low
2. Ceredigion53.7 low
3. Carmarthenshire58.3 low
4. Pembrokeshire64 low
5. Isle of Anglesey70.6 low
6. Monmouthshire79.3 low
7. Flintshire81.8 low
8. Vale of Glamorgan81.8 low
9. Neath Port Talbot84 low
10. Gwynedd85.6 low
11. Bridgend88.4 low
12. Rhondda Cynon Taf93.1 medium
13. Swansea99.6 medium
14. Caerphilly105 medium
15. Conwy110 medium
16. Wrexham111 medium
17. Merthyr Tydfil119 medium
18. Denbighshire122 medium
19. Torfaen122 medium
20. Cardiff129 high
21. Blaenau Gwent141 high
22. Newport148 high

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Sept 2023 - Aug 2024

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