Wales public order crime statistics

As of April 2024, annual crime rate in Wales region is 10.2 crimes per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 131%. Public order crime makes up 10.3% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "public order crime" is 31.1k, and this number has decreased by 19.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2023 - February 2024.

Wales region	crime statistic	England & Wales
10.2	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	7.8
131%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
10.3%	share of all crimes	7.6%
31.1k	crimes reported	436k
-19.1%	annual change	-17.2%

Wales public order crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Clwyd	96%	7	3757
Dyfed	83%	6	2327
Gwent	182%	14	7832
Gwynedd	74%	6	1097
Mid Glamorgan	165%	13	5031
Powys	83%	6	801
South Glamorgan	149%	12	6018
West Glamorgan	136%	11	4252

Wales public order crime rate rank

Public order crime rate is 10.2 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum.

Crime rate ranking : 2. highest crime rate out of 8 regions

Wales public order crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "public order crime" is 31.1k, and this number has decreased by 19.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2023 - February 2024. 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 March 2023 - February 2024 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.

-19.1% annual change, crime is declining

31.1k crimes reported