Wales criminal damage and arson crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 8.8 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 119% as of May 2025.Criminal damage and arson crime makes up 8.7% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 26.7k, and this number has increased by 9.0% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2024 - May 2025.

Wales regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
8.8 annual crime rate per 1k workday people7.4
119% ratio of national crime rate100%
8.7% share of all crimes7.3%
26.7k crimes reported415k
9.0% annual change-6.1%

Wales criminal damage and arson crime rate comparison map

Wales criminal damage and arson crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Clwyd123%94564
Dyfed118%93154
Gwent168%126909
Gwynedd93%71309
Mid Glamorgan103%82979
Powys89%7818
South Glamorgan107%84100
West Glamorgan97%72878

Wales criminal damage and arson crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 3. highest crime rate out of 9 regions

Wales criminal damage and arson crime rate rank

Wales criminal damage and arson crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 26.7k, and this number has increased by 9.0% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2024 - May 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 June 2024 - May 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.

+9.0% annual change, crime is increasing

26.7k crimes reported

Wales criminal damage and arson crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

Wales criminal damage and arson crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to May 2025.

Wales criminal damage and arson crime volume

Wales criminal damage and arson crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

Wales criminal damage and arson crime rate

Wales criminal damage and arson crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

Wales criminal damage and arson crime seasonality

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