Wales violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 37.8 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 108% as of December 2024.Violent crime makes up 38.3% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 115k, and this number has decreased by 2.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2023 - October 2024.

Wales region	crime statistic	England & Wales
37.8	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	35.1
108%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
38.3%	share of all crimes	34.2%
115k	crimes reported	2.0M
-2.5%	annual change	-2.9%

Wales violent crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Clwyd	121%	43	21327
Dyfed	81%	29	10317
Gwent	135%	47	26217
Gwynedd	93%	33	6206
Mid Glamorgan	119%	42	16291
Powys	69%	24	2998
South Glamorgan	95%	33	17197
West Glamorgan	101%	35	14140

Wales violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 5. highest crime rate out of 9 regions

Wales violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 115k, and this number has decreased by 2.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2023 - October 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 November 2023 - October 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.

-2.5% annual change, crime is declining

115k crimes reported