Wales violent crime statistics

As of June 2026, the annual crime rate in Wales region stands at 39 crimes per 1000 people. Wales's current crime levels are at 109% of the national crime rate. Violent crime makes up 39.2% of all crimes reported in the region. Violent crime totalled 118k representing a decrease 0% year-over-year.

Wales violent crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Wales regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
39annual crime rate per 1k workday people35.7
109%ratio of national crime rate100%
39.2% share of all crimes35.4%
118kcrimes reported2.0M
0.0%annual change1.8%

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
Clwyd115%4120479
Dyfed114%4114728
Gwent126%4524923
Gwynedd92%336232
Mid Glamorgan118%4216439
Powys99%354351
South Glamorgan91%3216694
West Glamorgan101%3614447

Wales violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : Wales region has the 3. highest crime rate out of 9 regions

Wales violent crime rate rank

Wales violent crime rate compared to other regions

Violent crime totalled 118k representing a decrease 0% year-over-year. 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 June 2025 - May 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.

+0.0% annual change

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 2014 to May 2026.

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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