Wales violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 39.2 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 110% as of September 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 3.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of September 2024 - August 2025.

Wales region	crime statistic	England & Wales
39.2	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	35.5
110%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
38.9%	share of all crimes	34.8%
119k	crimes reported	2.0M
3.1%	annual change	0.3%

Wales violent crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Clwyd	117%	42	20831
Dyfed	115%	41	14771
Gwent	129%	46	25219
Gwynedd	94%	33	6342
Mid Glamorgan	116%	41	16058
Powys	103%	37	4522
South Glamorgan	91%	32	16709
West Glamorgan	102%	36	14451

Wales violent crime rate rank

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

Wales violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 119k, and this number has increased by 3.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of September 2024 - August 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 September 2024 - August 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.

+3.1% annual change, crime is increasing

119k crimes reported