Wales Crime Statistics

Last updated: 07 Jun 2026

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For the twelve months ending April 2026, the crime rate in Wales is 62 crimes per 1,000 people, and the most common crimes were violence and sexual offences, which was reported by roughly every 29 people per 1,000 daytime population.

From Wales's larger towns and cities, Swansea is the most dangerous. This has been calculated using CrimeRate's crime risk scoring, which takes typical crime severity into account for each crime category, and adjusts each crime type's totals before adding them up so that, for instance, bicycle theft and shoplifting are not given the same consideration as robbery or violence and sexual offences.

The second most dangerous location in Wales is Cardiff.

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Incidents mapped in Wales 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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Wales Crime Summary

Crime	Count	Rate
Anti-Social Behaviour	37,683	11
Bicycle Theft	1,599	0.46
Burglary	6,704	1.94
Criminal Damage and Arson	21,045	6.12
Drugs	7,344	2.14
Other Crime	6,008	1.76
Other Theft	13,307	3.88
Possession of Weapons	2,296	0.68
Public Order	23,747	6.91
Robbery	1,461	0.43
Shoplifting	19,180	5.58
Theft From the Person	1,019	0.28
Vehicle Crime	8,617	2.52
Violence and Sexual Offences	99,099	29

Wales's Population Centres

Name	Total Crimes	Crime Rate	Rate Difference from Wales
Castle	4,658	184	200% more dangerous
Caia Park	2,130	158	156% more dangerous
Rhyl	4,588	154	150% more dangerous
Haverfordwest	2,192	141	129% more dangerous
Offa	2,014	134	118% more dangerous
Milford Haven	1,996	125	103% more dangerous
Llanelli	3,443	122	99% more dangerous
Riverside	1,197	122	98% more dangerous
Caerau	1,423	116	88% more dangerous
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn	1,598	115	88% more dangerous
Aberystwyth	1,449	115	86% more dangerous
Bridgend	2,217	114	86% more dangerous
Llandudno	2,441	113	84% more dangerous
Bangor	2,012	111	80% more dangerous
Town	979	109	77% more dangerous
Carmarthen	2,164	105	71% more dangerous
Kinmel Bay and Towyn	853	104	69% more dangerous
Caernarfon	1,273	103	68% more dangerous
Ely	1,548	97	58% more dangerous
Pembroke Dock	1,134	97	57% more dangerous
Pembroke	783	96	56% more dangerous
Colwyn Bay	1,274	95	54% more dangerous
Neath	1,909	94	53% more dangerous
Penderry	1,116	92	49% more dangerous
Cyfarthfa	795	90	46% more dangerous
Holyhead	1,211	89	44% more dangerous
Grangetown	2,176	88	43% more dangerous
Flint	1,276	88	42% more dangerous
Holywell	864	86	40% more dangerous
Maesteg	1,496	86	40% more dangerous
Barry	4,830	85	38% more dangerous
Butetown	2,483	84	37% more dangerous
Pembrey and Burry Port Town	712	83	36% more dangerous
Llanrumney	1,035	82	33% more dangerous
Morriston	1,432	81	32% more dangerous
Aberdare	2,026	81	32% more dangerous
Pontypridd	2,628	81	31% more dangerous
Brecon	786	81	31% more dangerous
Ystradgynlais	697	80	30% more dangerous
Cardiff	34,910	80	29% more dangerous
Llandaff North	650	79	28% more dangerous
Cockett	946	79	28% more dangerous
Mold	990	78	27% more dangerous
Swansea	15,261	77	25% more dangerous
Llanelli Rural	1,857	76	23% more dangerous
Abergele	943	76	23% more dangerous
Aberaman	412	75	22% more dangerous
Trowbridge	1,592	73	19% more dangerous
Canton	1,301	73	18% more dangerous
Denbigh	721	73	18% more dangerous
Cornelly	532	72	16% more dangerous
Fairwater	1,003	71	16% more dangerous
Llanharan	763	71	15% more dangerous
Rhosllanerchrugog	666	71	15% more dangerous
Rumney	699	70	14% more dangerous
Treorchy	536	67	10% more dangerous
Pyle	518	67	9% more dangerous
Prestatyn	1,310	67	9% more dangerous
Bonymaen	577	66	6% more dangerous
Llantrisant	1,025	65	5% more dangerous
Tonyrefail	937	65	5% more dangerous
Gabalfa	802	64	4.5% more dangerous
Porthcawl	1,074	64	4.2% more dangerous
Connah's Quay	1,083	63	2.0% more dangerous
Llanishen	813	62	1.0% more dangerous
Pentwyn	555	61	0.72% safer
Cwmbran Central	748	61	1.1% safer
Splott	714	60	2.3% safer
Uplands	1,068	59	3.6% safer
Gorseinon	580	58	5% safer
Clydach	456	58	6% safer
St. Thomas	635	56	10% safer
Brackla	630	56	10% safer
Pillgwenlly	647	55	11% safer
Gwersyllt	607	55	11% safer
Broughton	428	54	12% safer
Ogmore Valley	432	54	13% safer
Garw Valley	412	52	16% safer
Coity Higher	645	52	16% safer
Acton	661	51	17% safer
Whitchurch	778	51	17% safer
Mynyddbach	662	50	18% safer
Conwy	866	49	21% safer
Llandaff	452	48	22% safer
Birchgrove	387	47	23% safer
Buckley	760	46	26% safer
Llandybie	563	46	26% safer
Llantwit Major	442	45	26% safer
Blaenhonddan	503	45	27% safer
Rhymney	393	44	28% safer
Sketty	695	43	30% safer
Mumbles	724	43	30% safer
Penarth	1,026	43	31% safer
Blackwood	368	42	31% safer
Pencoed	449	42	32% safer
Coedffranc	662	42	32% safer
Liswerry	612	42	32% safer
Tredegar	635	41	33% safer
Abertillery	463	40	35% safer
Bargoed	508	40	35% safer
Ringland	361	40	35% safer
Dinas Powys	313	38	38% safer
St. Julians	368	37	40% safer
Bettws	316	37	40% safer
Laleston	482	37	40% safer
Gaer	334	36	42% safer
Hawarden	538	33	46% safer
Nantyglo and Blaina	312	33	47% safer
Llantwit Fardre	541	32	47% safer
Alway	278	32	47% safer
Victoria	332	31	49% safer
Rhiwbina	368	31	50% safer
Caerphilly	562	31	50% safer
Cyncoed	371	30	51% safer
Abergavenny	366	30	51% safer
Llwchwr	307	29	52% safer
Panteg	217	28	54% safer
Beechwood	218	28	55% safer
Pont-y-clun	230	27	56% safer
Caerleon	211	26	58% safer
Chepstow	357	25	59% safer
Malpas	191	25	59% safer
Caldicot	253	25	59% safer
Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen	287	25	59% safer
Pontllanfraith	216	25	60% safer
Monmouth	303	25	60% safer
Gelligaer	506	25	60% safer
Penyrheol, Trecenydd and Energlyn	311	24	60% safer
Fairwater	244	24	61% safer
Allt-yr-yn	248	22	64% safer
Rogerstone	262	18	70% safer
Newport	60	18	71% safer