Wales violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 37 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 104% as of December 2025.Violent crime makes up 39.4% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 112k, and this number has decreased by 2.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 2025.

Wales violent crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Wales region	crime statistic	England & Wales
37	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	35.5
104%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
39.4%	share of all crimes	35.1%
112k	crimes reported	2.0M
-2.3%	annual change	0.8%

Wales violent crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Clwyd	115%	41	20397
Dyfed	113%	40	14435
Gwent	96%	34	18764
Gwynedd	91%	32	6133
Mid Glamorgan	119%	42	16486
Powys	103%	37	4518
South Glamorgan	92%	33	16849
West Glamorgan	104%	37	14768

Wales violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 5. highest crime rate out of 9 regions

Wales violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 112k, and this number has decreased by 2.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 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 December 2024 - November 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.

-2.3% annual change, crime is declining

112k crimes reported