South Wales Police Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The crime rate in South Wales Police's force coverage area is 70 crimes per 1,000 people, for the 12-month period ending April 2026. The most commonly-reported crimes are violence and sexual offences, reported at a rate of roughly 30 reports per 1,000 daytime population.
South Wales Police Crime Map
Incidents mapped in South Wales Police's service area represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to South Wales Police's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around South Wales Police up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of South Wales Police's 72,809 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
South Wales Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within South Wales Police has a crime risk score of 536. This is based on analysis of 72,809 nearby areas within South Wales Police, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in South Wales Police's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in South Wales Police, crime risk scores are typically around 536, while in National they are average 500.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 588 (500 for National), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 625 (National 500).
Trends in Crime Risk
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Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 11% in South Wales Police's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in South Wales Police's crime risk score is up by 3.4%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, South Wales Police's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 1.6%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
South Wales Police
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
South Wales Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Public Order offences have a crime rate of 8.84 reports per 1,000 people in South Wales Police, which is 1.52 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 13,592 crime reports logged by South Wales Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, South Wales Police recorded 11,092 reports of Shoplifting in South Wales Police, resulting in a crime rate of 7.21 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.01.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 1.00 times the national average at 30 reports per 1,000. This is from 46,862 crime reports reported to South Wales Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
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Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.86 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 0.71 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 21% over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.06 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 0.77 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 38% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.50 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.22 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 127% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Shoplifting offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.20 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 1.30 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 8% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.93 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 1.06 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 12% over this timeframe.
Theft From the Person offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.25 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Theft From the Person CrimeRate Index was 0.46 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 46% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
South Wales Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 15,598 | 10.14 | 0.72 | 941,224 | 14.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Bicycle Theft | 1,088 | 0.69 | 0.95 | 48,449 | 0.73 | 1.00 | |||
| Burglary | 3,068 | 1.99 | 0.64 | 208,612 | 3.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 9,498 | 6.17 | 0.98 | 418,651 | 6.28 | 1.00 | |||
| Drugs | 3,649 | 2.37 | 0.77 | 205,214 | 3.09 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Crime | 3,117 | 2.02 | 1.09 | 124,230 | 1.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Theft | 6,303 | 4.08 | 0.72 | 378,146 | 5.69 | 1.00 | |||
| Possession of Weapons | 1,139 | 0.73 | 0.86 | 56,620 | 0.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Public Order | 13,592 | 8.84 | 1.52 | 386,297 | 5.80 | 1.00 | |||
| Robbery | 1,024 | 0.67 | 0.57 | 78,386 | 1.18 | 1.00 | |||
| Shoplifting | 11,092 | 7.21 | 1.01 | 475,025 | 7.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Theft From the Person | 688 | 0.45 | 0.29 | 103,505 | 1.55 | 1.00 | |||
| Vehicle Crime | 5,928 | 3.84 | 0.89 | 287,068 | 4.30 | 1.00 | |||
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 46,862 | 30.48 | 1.00 | 2,024,722 | 30.40 | 1.00 | |||
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| 2026 | 107,048 | 69.54 | 0.97 | 4,794,925 | 71.98 | 1.00 | |||
| 2025 | 111,139 | 72.71 | 0.98 | 4,892,734 | 74.03 | 1.00 | |||
| 2024 | 115,286 | 76.01 | 1.01 | 4,937,620 | 75.43 | 1.00 | |||
| 2023 | 106,247 | 70.79 | 0.90 | 5,115,763 | 79.01 | 1.00 | |||
| 2022 | 104,916 | 70.99 | 0.92 | 4,922,645 | 76.81 | 1.00 | |||
| 2021 | 97,230 | 66.05 | 0.96 | 4,369,811 | 68.57 | 1.00 | |||
| 2020 | 108,621 | 74.20 | 1.00 | 4,707,683 | 74.16 | 1.00 | |||
| 2019 | 112,097 | 76.79 | 1.01 | 4,824,370 | 76.25 | 1.00 | |||
| 2018 | 104,502 | 71.79 | 1.01 | 4,484,151 | 71.12 | 1.00 | |||
| 2017 | 101,146 | 69.73 | 1.09 | 4,011,470 | 63.94 | 1.00 | |||
| 2016 | 30,695 | 21.18 | 1.11 | 1,195,221 | 19.07 | 1.00 | |||
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South Wales Police: Major Towns & Cities Compared
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Castle | 4,658 | 184.48 | 2.56 | ||||||
| Riverside | 1,197 | 122.11 | 1.73 | ||||||
| Caerau | 1,423 | 115.74 | 1.66 | ||||||
| Bridgend | 2,217 | 114.32 | 1.62 | ||||||
| Town | 979 | 108.72 | 1.58 | ||||||
| Ely | 1,548 | 97.15 | 1.40 | ||||||
| Neath | 1,909 | 94.21 | 1.36 | ||||||
| Penderry | 1,116 | 91.76 | 1.38 | ||||||
| Cyfarthfa | 795 | 89.71 | 1.35 | ||||||
| Grangetown | 2,176 | 88.25 | 1.24 | ||||||
| Maesteg | 1,496 | 86.30 | 1.27 | ||||||
| Barry | 4,830 | 84.76 | 1.18 | ||||||
| Butetown | 2,483 | 84.19 | 1.18 | ||||||
| Llanrumney | 1,035 | 81.70 | 1.19 | ||||||
| Morriston | 1,432 | 81.38 | 1.17 | ||||||
| Aberdare | 2,026 | 81.05 | 1.16 | ||||||
| Pontypridd | 2,628 | 80.76 | 1.13 | ||||||
| Cardiff | 34,910 | 79.55 | 1.11 | ||||||
| Llandaff North | 650 | 78.89 | 1.18 | ||||||
| Cockett | 946 | 78.53 | 1.16 | ||||||
| Swansea | 15,261 | 76.78 | 1.07 | ||||||
| Aberaman | 412 | 74.88 | 1.28 | ||||||
| Trowbridge | 1,592 | 73.16 | 1.04 | ||||||
| Canton | 1,301 | 72.75 | 1.07 | ||||||
| Cornelly | 532 | 71.53 | 1.19 | ||||||
| Fairwater | 1,003 | 71.10 | 1.02 | ||||||
| Llanharan | 763 | 70.65 | 1.15 | ||||||
| Rumney | 699 | 69.90 | 1.05 | ||||||
| Treorchy | 536 | 67.41 | 1.05 | ||||||
| Pyle | 518 | 67.37 | 1.10 | ||||||
| Bonymaen | 577 | 65.51 | 1.01 | ||||||
| Llantrisant | 1,025 | 64.76 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Tonyrefail | 937 | 64.73 | 0.97 | ||||||
| Gabalfa | 802 | 64.31 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Porthcawl | 1,074 | 64.13 | 0.94 | ||||||
| Llanishen | 813 | 62.15 | 0.91 | ||||||
| Pentwyn | 555 | 61.09 | 0.98 | ||||||
| Splott | 714 | 60.10 | 0.88 | ||||||
| Uplands | 1,068 | 59.29 | 0.85 | ||||||
| Gorseinon | 580 | 58.24 | 0.91 | ||||||
| Clydach | 456 | 57.63 | 0.98 | ||||||
| St. Thomas | 635 | 55.66 | 0.85 | ||||||
| Brackla | 630 | 55.52 | 0.89 | ||||||
| Ogmore Valley | 432 | 53.58 | 0.99 | ||||||
| Garw Valley | 412 | 51.87 | 0.93 | ||||||
| Coity Higher | 645 | 51.66 | 0.81 | ||||||
| Whitchurch | 778 | 51.00 | 0.76 | ||||||
| Mynyddbach | 662 | 50.22 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Llandaff | 452 | 48.23 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Birchgrove | 387 | 47.23 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Llantwit Major | 442 | 45.37 | 0.74 | ||||||
| Blaenhonddan | 503 | 45.06 | 0.75 | ||||||
| Sketty | 695 | 43.17 | 0.65 | ||||||
| Mumbles | 724 | 43.14 | 0.68 | ||||||
| Penarth | 1,026 | 42.53 | 0.62 | ||||||
| Pencoed | 449 | 41.97 | 0.70 | ||||||
| Coedffranc | 662 | 41.90 | 0.69 | ||||||
| Dinas Powys | 313 | 38.09 | 0.65 | ||||||
| Laleston | 482 | 36.62 | 0.60 | ||||||
| Llantwit Fardre | 541 | 32.46 | 0.51 | ||||||
| Rhiwbina | 368 | 30.81 | 0.48 | ||||||
| Cyncoed | 371 | 30.27 | 0.49 | ||||||
| Llwchwr | 307 | 29.49 | 0.52 | ||||||
| Pont-y-clun | 230 | 26.89 | 0.50 | ||||||
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South Wales Police Stations
| Police Station Name | Police Station Address | Description & Opening Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Barry | Gladstone Rd, Barry, CF63 1TD | 7 days a week 9am-5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Bridgend Bridewell Police Station | Queens Road, Bridgend Industrial Estate, Bridgend, CF31 3TQ | 7 days a week 9am-5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Cardiff Bay | James Street, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF10 5EW | 7 days a week 8am-10pm |
| Cardiff Central | King Edward VII Ave, Cardiff, CF10 3NN | 7 days a week, 9am-5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Merthyr Bridewell | Rhydycar Business Park, CF48 1DL | 7 days a week 9am-5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Neath | Gnoll Park Road, Neath, SA11 3BT | 7 days a week 9am-5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Pontypridd | Berw Rd, Pontypridd, CF37 2TR | 7 days a week 9am-5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Swansea Central | Grove Place, Swansea, SA1 5DF | 7 days a week 8am-10pm |