As of January 2026, the annual crime rate in Wales region stands at 0.8 crimes per 1000 people. Wales's current crime levels are at 85% of the national crime rate. Possession of weapons crime makes up 0.9% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 2.5k, and this number has increased by 14.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 2025.
| Wales region | crime statistic | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 0.8 | annual crime rate per 1k workday people | 1 |
| 85% | ratio of national crime rate | 100% |
| 0.9% | share of all crimes | 1.0% |
| 2.5k | crimes reported | 54.3k |
| 14.4% | annual change | 5.1% |
| County | Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate | Crime rate per 1000 workday people | Total number of crimes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clwyd | 75% | 1 | 364 | |
| Dyfed | 88% | 1 | 309 | |
| Gwent | 79% | 1 | 423 | |
| Gwynedd | 61% | 1 | 112 | |
| Mid Glamorgan | 86% | 1 | 325 | |
| Powys | 98% | 1 | 118 | |
| South Glamorgan | 102% | 1 | 510 | |
| West Glamorgan | 85% | 1 | 329 | |
Crime rate ranking : Wales region has the 3. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions
The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 2.5k, and this number has increased by 14.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 2025. In the graph below, region are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the region crime rate between January 2025 - December 2025 to the region crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the region.
+14.4% annual change, crime is increasing
2.5k crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeNumber of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to December 2025.
Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2021 till 2025.
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