Wales drugs crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 2.2 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 75% as of February 2025.Drugs crime makes up 2.3% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "drugs crime" is 6.8k, and this number has decreased by 3.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2024 - December 2024.

Wales regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
2.2 annual crime rate per 1k workday people3
75% ratio of national crime rate100%
2.3% share of all crimes2.9%
6.8k crimes reported166k
-3.1% annual change7.1%

Wales drugs crime rate comparison map

Wales drugs crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Clwyd64%2950
Dyfed76%2808
Gwent98%31609
Gwynedd68%2381
Mid Glamorgan75%2866
Powys56%2205
South Glamorgan72%21105
West Glamorgan71%2841

Wales drugs crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 2. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

Wales drugs crime rate rank

Wales drugs crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "drugs crime" is 6.8k, and this number has decreased by 3.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2024 - December 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 January 2024 - December 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.

-3.1% annual change, crime is declining

6.8k crimes reported

Wales drugs crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

Wales drugs crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to December 2024.

Wales drugs crime volume

Wales drugs crime rate

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

Wales drugs crime rate

Wales drugs 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 drugs crime seasonality

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