There has been a major increase in crime in Wales with some areas seeing violent crime doubling in just five years. WalesOnline has compared the Office for National Statistics (ONS) crime data for 2021 with the equivalent figures from five years before in 2016.
Despite the fact that for some of 2021 people in Wales were under a strict Covid lockdown the amount of crimes (excluding fraud) has increased by almost 30%. Concerningly violent crime has risen by 83% across the whole of Wales when comparing the two years and sexual offences have increase by more than 50%.
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