Wales shoplifting crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 8.1 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 101% as of November 2024.Shoplifting crime makes up 8.2% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 24.7k, and this number has increased by 17.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of October 2023 - September 2024.

Wales region	crime statistic	England & Wales
8.1	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	8.1
101%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
8.2%	share of all crimes	7.9%
24.7k	crimes reported	452k
17.5%	annual change	21.6%

Wales shoplifting crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Clwyd	96%	8	3895
Dyfed	37%	3	1083
Gwent	109%	9	4851
Gwynedd	52%	4	797
Mid Glamorgan	98%	8	3086
Powys	22%	2	221
South Glamorgan	177%	14	7400
West Glamorgan	105%	8	3396

Wales shoplifting crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 3. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

Wales shoplifting crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 24.7k, and this number has increased by 17.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of October 2023 - September 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 October 2023 - September 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.

+17.5% annual change, crime is increasing

24.7k crimes reported