Wales drugs crime statistics

As of February 2026, the annual crime rate in Wales region stands at 2.9 crimes per 1000 people. Wales's current crime levels are at 81% of the national crime rate. Drugs crime makes up 3.2% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "drugs crime" is 8.8k, and this number has increased by 23.0% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2025 - January 2026.

Wales drugs crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Wales region	crime statistic	England & Wales
2.9	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	3.6
81%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
3.2%	share of all crimes	3.5%
8.8k	crimes reported	200k
23.0%	annual change	17.8%

Wales drugs crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Clwyd	63%	2	1131
Dyfed	98%	4	1268
Gwent	46%	2	914
Gwynedd	68%	2	459
Mid Glamorgan	90%	3	1263
Powys	87%	3	382
South Glamorgan	99%	4	1822
West Glamorgan	110%	4	1571

Wales drugs crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : Wales region has the 3. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

Wales drugs crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "drugs crime" is 8.8k, and this number has increased by 23.0% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2025 - January 2026. 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 February 2025 - January 2026 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.

+23.0% annual change, crime is increasing

8.8k crimes reported