Wales possession of weapons crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 0.8 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 88% as of August 2025.Possession of weapons crime makes up 0.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 2.5k, and this number has increased by 18.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of August 2024 - July 2025.

Wales regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
0.8 annual crime rate per 1k workday people0.9
88% ratio of national crime rate100%
0.8% share of all crimes0.9%
2.5k crimes reported52.5k
18.1% annual change2.0%

Wales possession of weapons crime rate comparison map

Wales possession of weapons crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Clwyd71%1336
Dyfed87%1293
Gwent115%1599
Gwynedd65%1115
Mid Glamorgan86%1317
Powys89%1103
South Glamorgan94%1455
West Glamorgan78%1294

Wales possession of weapons crime rate rank

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

Wales possession of weapons crime rate rank

Wales possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 2.5k, and this number has increased by 18.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of August 2024 - July 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 August 2024 - July 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.

+18.1% annual change, crime is increasing

2.5k crimes reported

Wales possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

Wales possession of weapons crime volume

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

Wales possession of weapons crime volume

Wales possession of weapons crime rate

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

Wales possession of weapons crime rate

Wales possession of weapons 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 possession of weapons crime seasonality

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