Wales shoplifting crime statistics

Last updated: 12 May 2024

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 7.7 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 107% as of May 2024.Shoplifting crime makes up 7.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 23.3k, and this number has increased by 30.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of April 2023 - March 2024.

Wales region	crime statistic	England & Wales
7.7	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	7.2
107%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
7.8%	share of all crimes	7.1%
23.3k	crimes reported	402k
30.8%	annual change	27.2%

Wales shoplifting crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Clwyd	115%	8	4126
Dyfed	40%	3	1044
Gwent	100%	7	3951
Gwynedd	60%	4	809
Mid Glamorgan	121%	9	3399
Powys	23%	2	203
South Glamorgan	178%	13	6623
West Glamorgan	109%	8	3145

Wales shoplifting crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 4. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

Wales shoplifting crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 23.3k, and this number has increased by 30.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of April 2023 - March 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 April 2023 - March 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.

+30.8% annual change, crime is increasing

23.3k crimes reported