Annual crime rate in West Midlands region is 32.9, i.e. 32.9 crimes reported per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, West Midlands's crime rate is at 103%. Violent crime makes up 31.5% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 183k, and this number has increased by 14.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2019 - February 2020.
32.9
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
103%
of national crime rate
31.5%
of all crimes
183k
crimes reported
14.4%
annual change
West Midlands violent crime rate comparison map
March 2019 - February 2020
County
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
Herefordshire
86%
28
4910
Shropshire
106%
34
14809
Staffordshire
84%
27
29074
Warwickshire
94%
30
16089
West Midlands
112%
36
98302
Worcestershire
105%
34
19765
West Midlands violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 32.9 crimes reported 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
32.9
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
West Midlands violent crime rate compared to other regions
The total number of "violent crime" is 183k, and this number has increased by 14.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2019 - February 2020. 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 March 2019 - February 2020 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.
14.4%
annual change
32.9
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
183k
crimes reported
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 reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2015 till 2019.
