Annual crime rate in West Midlands region is 30.5, i.e. 30.5 crimes committed per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, West Midlands's crime rate is at 95%. Violent crime makes up 28.5% of all crimes committed in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 169k, and this number has increased by 19.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2018 - June 2019.
30.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
95%
of national crime rate
28.5%
of all crimes
169k
crimes committed
19.7%
annual change
West Midlands violent crime rate comparison map
July 2018 - June 2019
County
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
Herefordshire
81%
26
4601
Shropshire
97%
31
13510
Staffordshire
91%
29
31264
Warwickshire
87%
28
14784
West Midlands
99%
32
86994
Worcestershire
96%
31
18024
West Midlands violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 30.5 crimes committed per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 4. lowest crime rate out of 10 England and Wales' regions.
4.
lowest crime rate out of 10 regions
30.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
West Midlands violent crime rate compared to other regions
The total number of "violent crime" is 169k, and this number has increased by 19.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2018 - June 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 July 2018 - June 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.
19.7%
annual change
30.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
169k
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.
