Wales public order crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 9.8 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 134% as of January 2025.Public order crime makes up 9.9% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "public order crime" is 29.7k, and this number has decreased by 9.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2023 - November 2024.

Wales region	crime statistic	England & Wales
9.8	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	7.3
134%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
9.9%	share of all crimes	7.1%
29.7k	crimes reported	408k
-9.9%	annual change	-10.7%

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	3553
Dyfed	81%	6	2142
Gwent	183%	13	7381
Gwynedd	73%	5	1007
Mid Glamorgan	167%	12	4766
Powys	69%	5	624
South Glamorgan	158%	12	5970
West Glamorgan	144%	11	4216

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 29.7k, and this number has decreased by 9.9% 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.

-9.9% annual change, crime is declining

29.7k crimes reported