West Midlands violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in West Midlands region is 40.3 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, West Midlands's rate is at 116% as of May 2025.Violent crime makes up 38.6% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 224k, and this number has decreased by 5.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2024 - May 2025.

West Midlands regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
40.3 annual crime rate per 1k workday people34.9
116% ratio of national crime rate100%
38.6% share of all crimes34.3%
224k crimes reported2.0M
-5.4% annual change-1.2%

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
Herefordshire75%264666
Shropshire94%3314234
Staffordshire108%3840351
Warwickshire85%3015872
West Midlands135%47129041
Worcestershire97%3419878

West Midlands violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 2. highest crime rate out of 9 regions

West Midlands violent crime rate rank

West Midlands violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 224k, and this number has decreased by 5.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2024 - May 2025. 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 June 2024 - May 2025 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.

-5.4% annual change, crime is declining

224k 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 2014 to May 2025.

West Midlands violent crime volume

West Midlands violent crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

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 2020 till 2024.

West Midlands violent crime seasonality

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