Wales robbery crime statistics

As of February 2026, the annual crime rate in Wales region stands at 0.5 crimes per 1000 people. Wales's current crime levels are at 36% of the national crime rate. Robbery crime makes up 0.5% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "robbery crime" is 1.5k, and this number has increased by 31.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2025 - January 2026.

Wales robbery crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Wales region	crime statistic	England & Wales
0.5	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	1.4
36%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
0.5%	share of all crimes	1.4%
1.5k	crimes reported	76.0k
31.9%	annual change	5.1%

Wales robbery crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Clwyd	23%	0	153
Dyfed	13%	0	66
Gwent	33%	0	244
Gwynedd	16%	0	40
Mid Glamorgan	33%	0	174
Powys	14%	0	23
South Glamorgan	88%	1	621
West Glamorgan	27%	0	146

Wales robbery crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : Wales region has the 1. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

Wales robbery crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "robbery crime" is 1.5k, and this number has increased by 31.9% 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.

+31.9% annual change, crime is increasing

1.5k crimes reported