Wales violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 38.8 crimes per annum per 1000 workday people as of December 2023. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's crime rate is at 109%. Violent crime makes up 38.2% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 118k, and this number has decreased by 4.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2022 - October 2023.

38.8

annual crime rate per 1k workday people

109%

of national crime rate

38.2%

of all crimes

118k

crimes reported

-4.7%

annual change

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
Clwyd127%4522508
Dyfed108%3813764
Gwent125%4424398
Gwynedd94%336331
Mid Glamorgan112%4015495
Powys95%344166
South Glamorgan94%3317211
West Glamorgan97%3413815

Wales violent crime rate rank

Violent crime rate is 38.8 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 5. highest crime rate out of 9 England and Wales' regions.

5.

highest crime rate out of 9 regions

38.8

annual crime rate per 1k workday people
Wales violent crime rate rank

Wales violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 118k, and this number has decreased by 4.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2022 - October 2023. 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 November 2022 - October 2023 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.

-4.7%

annual change

38.8

annual crime rate per 1k workday people

118k

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 2011 to October 2023.

Wales violent crime volume

Wales violent crime rate

Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people

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 2018 till 2022.

Wales violent crime seasonality

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