Wales public order crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 9.7 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 135% as of March 2025.Public order crime makes up 9.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "public order crime" is 29.5k, and this number has decreased by 7.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2024 - January 2025.

Wales region	crime statistic	England & Wales
9.7	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	7.2
135%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
9.8%	share of all crimes	7.1%
29.5k	crimes reported	404k
-7.8%	annual change	-9.2%

Wales public order crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Clwyd	97%	7	3513
Dyfed	90%	6	2336
Gwent	185%	13	7374
Gwynedd	74%	5	1018
Mid Glamorgan	163%	12	4611
Powys	78%	6	692
South Glamorgan	157%	11	5850
West Glamorgan	143%	10	4148

Wales public order crime rate rank

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

Wales public order crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "public order crime" is 29.5k, and this number has decreased by 7.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2024 - January 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 February 2024 - January 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.

-7.8% annual change, crime is declining

29.5k crimes reported