Wales violent crime statistics

As of February 2026, the annual crime rate in Wales region stands at 35.5 crimes per 1000 people. Wales's current crime levels are at 100% of the national crime rate. Violent crime makes up 39.5% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 108k, and this number has decreased by 6.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2025 - January 2026.

Wales violent crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Wales region	crime statistic	England & Wales
35.5	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	35.4
100%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
39.5%	share of all crimes	35.2%
108k	crimes reported	2.0M
-6.9%	annual change	1.0%

Wales violent crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Clwyd	113%	40	20083
Dyfed	112%	40	14310
Gwent	75%	27	14720
Gwynedd	91%	32	6087
Mid Glamorgan	120%	43	16678
Powys	100%	36	4391
South Glamorgan	92%	32	16772
West Glamorgan	104%	37	14687

Wales violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : Wales region has the 4. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

Wales violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 108k, and this number has decreased by 6.9% 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.

-6.9% annual change, crime is declining

108k crimes reported