West Midlands violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in West Midlands region is 44.2 crimes per annum per 1000 workday people as of March 2024. Compared to the national crime rate, West Midlands's crime rate is at 125%. Violent crime makes up 39.5% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 246k, and this number has decreased by 9.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.

44.2

annual crime rate per 1k workday people

125%

of national crime rate

39.5%

of all crimes

246k

crimes reported

-9.2%

annual change

West Midlands violent crime rate comparison map

West Midlands violent crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Herefordshire85%305392
Shropshire98%3515157
Staffordshire115%4143587
Warwickshire89%3216813
West Midlands148%52144025
Worcestershire100%3520708

West Midlands violent crime rate rank

Violent crime rate is 44.2 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 3. highest crime rate out of 8 England and Wales' regions.

3.

highest crime rate out of 8 regions

44.2

annual crime rate per 1k workday people
West Midlands violent crime rate rank

West Midlands violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 246k, and this number has decreased by 9.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024. In the graph below, region are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the region crime rate between February 2023 - January 2024 to the region crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the region.

-9.2%

annual change

44.2

annual crime rate per 1k workday people

246k

crimes reported
West Midlands violent crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

West Midlands violent crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2011 to January 2024.

West Midlands violent crime volume

West Midlands violent crime rate

Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people

West Midlands violent crime rate

West Midlands violent crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2019 till 2023.

West Midlands violent crime seasonality

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