Annual crime rate in West Yorkshire county is 56.1, i.e. 56.1 crimes reported per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, West Yorkshire's crime rate is at 169%. Violent crime makes up 40.1% of all crimes reported in the county. The total number of "violent crime" is 126k, and this number has increased by 11.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2020 - November 2021.
December 2020 - November 2021
Violent crime rate is 56.1 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 1. highest crime rate out of 54 England and Wales' counties.
The total number of "violent crime" is 126k, and this number has increased by 11.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2020 - November 2021. In the graph below, county are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the county crime rate between December 2020 - November 2021 to the county 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 county.
Crime rate percentage changeMonthly crime volumes till November 2021.
Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2016 till 2020.
