The area covered by Dyfed-Powys (Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Powys) is the safest place to live in Britain.
Britain’s most dangerous places to live have been revealed on a map showing how peaceful suburbs are hit by soaring rates of violent crime
According to Home Office data, West Yorkshire comes top of the list with 101.7 victim-based crimes per 1,000 people living there in the year up to June 2018.
In contrast, Dyfed-Powys police force in Wales covers the safest area on the map (Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Powys) , with just 43.1 offences per 1,000 people in a largely rural part of the country.
London is 10th on the list despite a high-profile series of stabbings across the capital during 2018
According to the Home Office, the findings are proportional to the amount of people living in each police force’s area.
This is while the data found that Kent is the most dangerous area for violent crime as youth crime in the area nearly doubled last year with knife crime soaring by more than 40 per cent. Children as young as 10 having being found to have been involved in gang activity.
Elsewhere areas in the north of England such as Greater Manchester, Cleveland, South Yorkshire and Northumbria made up the rest of the top five regions.
Other areas such as Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire were also among the least crime hit.
It was also revealed that people living in London are more than twice more likely to be robbed than almost anywhere else in the country. Over the last year the capital has been hit by a surge in violent moped thefts with 19,000 attacks.
Robbery offences in mid Wales were more than 35 times lower than the English capital.
One blackspot for both theft and criminal arson offences in Cleveland in the north east of England. This is while the region continues to slash local police in the area with forces such as Hartlerpool have to content with 10 officers to cover around 90,000 people.
In relation to areas which have been hit most by sexual offences, North Wales is top of the list, followed by Kent and West Yorkshire.
Crime across England and Wales increased by 10 percent over the last year compared to that of the previously year, while Police Scotland figures are published separately by the Scottish government and are not comparable to Home Office data.
The Most Dangerous Places to Live – Victims of Crime per 1,000 People
1. West Yorkshire 101.7
2. Greater Manchester 98.6
3. Cleveland 95.1
4. South Yorkshire 88.4
5. Northumbria 88.4
6. Kent 87.6
7. Humberside 87.0
8. Durham 84.9
9. Lancashire 84.1
10. London (Met) 81.4
11. Nottinghamshire 76.3
12. Merseyside 75.5
13. West Midlands
14. Gwent 73.3
15. Leicestershire 69.4
16. Hampshire 69.2
17. Northamptonshire 68.7
18. Cambridgeshire 68.6
19. Avon and Somerset 68.0
20. North Wales 67.6
21. Staffordshire 67.2
22. South Wales 66.0
23. Bedfordshire 66.7
24. Essex 66.0
25. Warwickshire 65.6
26. Cheshire 65.3
27. Hertfordshire 61.0
28. Suffolk 59.5
29. West Mercia 59.0
30. Dorset 58.6
31. Thames Valley 58.6
32. Sussex 56.5
33. Wiltshire 54.4
34. Cumbria 53.8
35. Norfolk 52.9
36. Devon and Cornwall 52.0
37. Surrey 52.2
38. Lincolnshire 50.1
39. Gloucestershire 49.6
40. Derbyshire 48.4
41. North Yorkshire 44.4
42. Dyfed-Powys 43.1
Source: Home Office
Carol Peett, from West Wales Property Finders, says that crime levels are often sited as one of the main reasons their clients wish to relocate from London and the South East to West Wales. “People want to sleep safe in their beds and particularly older people have seen areas they have lived for many years change from nice friendly safe communities to areas where they no longer feel safe to walk to the shops and are even concerned about crime when behind locked doors. West Wales offers good old fashioned community spirit and low crime rates and that, along with wonderful scenery and beaches, is what people wish to enjoy”.
If you are looking to move to Pembrokeshire, Carmartheshire or Ceredigion, or buy a property here, give West Wales Property Finders a call on 01834 862816. We can find your dream home for you whilst saving you time, stress and often money. http://www.westwalespropertyfinders.co.uk
