Annual crime rate in West Midlands region is 31.8, i.e. 31.8 crimes committed per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, West Midlands's crime rate is at 100%. Violent crime makes up 30.7% of all crimes committed in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 177k, and this number has increased by 14.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2019 - December 2019.
31.8
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
100%
of national crime rate
30.7%
of all crimes
177k
crimes committed
14.3%
annual change
West Midlands violent crime rate comparison map
January 2019 - December 2019
County
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
Herefordshire
83%
27
4746
Shropshire
105%
33
14576
Staffordshire
82%
26
28214
Warwickshire
92%
29
15686
West Midlands
108%
34
94239
Worcestershire
103%
33
19257
West Midlands violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 31.8 crimes committed per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 5. lowest crime rate out of 10 England and Wales' regions.
5.
lowest crime rate out of 10 regions
31.8
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
West Midlands violent crime rate compared to other regions
The total number of "violent crime" is 177k, and this number has increased by 14.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2019 - December 2019. 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 January 2019 - December 2019 to the region crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes committed. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes committed in the region.
14.3%
annual change
31.8
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
177k
crimes committed
Crime rate percentage changeCrime rate per 1000 workday people
West Midlands violent crime rate
Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people
West Midlands violent crime seasonality
Total number of crimes committed in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2015 till 2019.
