Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (95 postcode areas) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 40.0% | 10. highest | 141% | 97.6k | -10.0% |
Vehicle crime → | 9.4% | 11. highest | 184% | 22.8k | -8.2% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 7.3% | 8. lowest | 58% | 17.8k | 7.1% |
Other theft crime → | 7.1% | 26. highest | 110% | 17.3k | -7.4% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 7.1% | 31. highest | 112% | 17.3k | -8.6% |
Public order crime → | 7.0% | 28. highest | 111% | 17.2k | -24.0% |
Shoplifting crime → | 6.6% | 29. highest | 115% | 16.0k | 41.2% |
Burglary crime → | 5.5% | 10. highest | 159% | 13.5k | -5.2% |
Robbery crime → | 2.6% | 10. highest | 245% | 6.3k | 6.7% |
Drugs crime → | 2.2% | 43. highest | 99% | 5.3k | -7.7% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 1.8% | 1. highest | 248% | 4.4k | -7.5% |
Other crime → | 1.5% | 38. highest | 106% | 3.8k | -5.6% |
Theft from the person crime → | 1.2% | 22. highest | 73% | 3.0k | -14.8% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 0.6% | 34. lowest | 70% | 1.5k | -6.3% |
Crime category | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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The category of "possession of weapons crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Possession of weapons crime" rate is at 248% of national crime rate which puts Birmingham on 1. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Possession of weapons crime" makes up 1.8% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 4.4k cases and has decreased by 7.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.