# Highest and lowest recorded crime rates in Wales (August 2026)

Blaenau Gwent had the highest recorded crime rate of Wales’s 22 councils in August 2026, at 149.1 per 1,000 people.

Vale of Glamorgan had the lowest, at 73.3 per 1,000 people. The middle council, Pembrokeshire, had 90.1 per 1,000 people.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

| Rank | Area | Recorded crime rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) | 149.1 per 1,000 |
| 2 | [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport) | 137.4 per 1,000 |
| 3 | [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) | 125.1 per 1,000 |
| 4 | [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff) | 112.2 per 1,000 |
| 5 | [Denbighshire](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire) | 110.7 per 1,000 |
| 6 | [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/merthyr-tydfil) | 110.6 per 1,000 |
| 7 | [Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly) | 107.3 per 1,000 |
| 8 | [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy) | 106.4 per 1,000 |
| 9 | [Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham) | 101.0 per 1,000 |
| 10 | [Ceredigion](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion) | 91.0 per 1,000 |
| 11 | [Pembrokeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/pembrokeshire) | 90.1 per 1,000 |
| 12 | [Gwynedd](https://openindex.co.uk/gwynedd) | 88.8 per 1,000 |
| 13 | [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea) | 87.1 per 1,000 |
| 14 | [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire) | 86.7 per 1,000 |
| 15 | [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) | 86.2 per 1,000 |
| 16 | [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend) | 85.0 per 1,000 |
| 17 | [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) | 83.3 per 1,000 |
| 18 | [Monmouthshire](https://openindex.co.uk/monmouthshire) | 80.0 per 1,000 |
| =19 | [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire) | 76.6 per 1,000 |
| =19 | [Powys](https://openindex.co.uk/powys) | 76.6 per 1,000 |
| 21 | [Isle of Anglesey](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-anglesey) | 73.9 per 1,000 |
| 22 | [Vale of Glamorgan](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan) | 73.3 per 1,000 |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates. Covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Period: August 2026. Period: August 2026.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [England, Wales and Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/recorded-crime-rate/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/recorded-crime-rate/england)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/recorded-crime-rate/northern-ireland)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/recorded-crime-rate/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/recorded-crime-rate/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/recorded-crime-rate/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/recorded-crime-rate/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/recorded-crime-rate/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/recorded-crime-rate/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/recorded-crime-rate/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/recorded-crime-rate/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/recorded-crime-rate/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime-rate)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/recorded-crime-rate)

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