Wales violent crime statistics

Last updated: 12 May 2024

Annual crime rate in Wales region is 37.3 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Wales's rate is at 107% as of May 2024.Violent crime makes up 37.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 113k, and this number has decreased by 7.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of April 2023 - March 2024.

Wales region	crime statistic	England & Wales
37.3	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	34.9
107%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
37.8%	share of all crimes	34.7%
113k	crimes reported	2.0M
-7.7%	annual change	-6.8%

Wales violent crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Clwyd	123%	43	21535
Dyfed	75%	26	9386
Gwent	129%	45	24862
Gwynedd	92%	32	6100
Mid Glamorgan	121%	42	16493
Powys	67%	24	2904
South Glamorgan	98%	34	17666
West Glamorgan	102%	36	14302

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 113k, and this number has decreased by 7.7% 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.

-7.7% annual change, crime is declining

113k crimes reported