Wales violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 39.1 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 111% as of August 2025.Violent crime makes up 38.9% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 119k, and this number has increased by 3.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of August 2024 - July 2025.

Wales regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
39.1 annual crime rate per 1k workday people35.4
111% ratio of national crime rate100%
38.9% share of all crimes34.5%
119k crimes reported2.0M
3.3% annual change0.1%

Wales violent crime rate comparison map

Wales violent crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Clwyd117%4120744
Dyfed116%4114833
Gwent129%4625275
Gwynedd94%336269
Mid Glamorgan115%4115967
Powys104%374535
South Glamorgan92%3216789
West Glamorgan101%3614370

Wales violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 4. highest crime rate out of 9 regions

Wales violent crime rate rank

Wales violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 119k, and this number has increased by 3.3% 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.

+3.3% annual change, crime is increasing

119k crimes reported

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

Wales violent crime volume

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

Wales violent crime volume

Wales violent crime rate

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

Wales violent crime rate

Wales violent 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 violent crime seasonality

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