Wales possession of weapons crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 0.7 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 78% as of January 2025.Possession of weapons crime makes up 0.7% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 2.2k, and this number has increased by 11.0% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2023 - November 2024.

Wales region	crime statistic	England & Wales
0.7	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	0.9
78%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
0.7%	share of all crimes	0.9%
2.2k	crimes reported	51.7k
11.0%	annual change	0.6%

Wales possession of weapons crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Clwyd	73%	1	340
Dyfed	59%	1	197
Gwent	103%	1	526
Gwynedd	57%	1	99
Mid Glamorgan	77%	1	279
Powys	60%	1	68
South Glamorgan	81%	1	385
West Glamorgan	76%	1	283

Wales possession of weapons crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 2. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

Wales possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 2.2k, and this number has increased by 11.0% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2023 - November 2024. 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 2023 - November 2024 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.

+11.0% annual change, crime is increasing

2.2k crimes reported