Birmingham crime stats

February 2024

Most crimes, 97.6k crimes were violent crimes which is 40.0% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 141% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 41.2% over the last twelve months.Birmingham crime statistics
Crime categoryShare of all crimesRanking (95 postcode areas)% of national crime rateCrime volume% annual change
Violent crime →40.0%10. highest141%97.6k-10.0%
Vehicle crime →9.4%11. highest184%22.8k-8.2%
Antisocial behaviour crime →7.3%8. lowest58%17.8k7.1%
Other theft crime →7.1%26. highest110%17.3k-7.4%
Criminal damage and arson crime →7.1%31. highest112%17.3k-8.6%
Public order crime →7.0%28. highest111%17.2k-24.0%
Shoplifting crime →6.6%29. highest115%16.0k41.2%
Burglary crime →5.5%10. highest159%13.5k-5.2%
Robbery crime →2.6%10. highest245%6.3k6.7%
Drugs crime →2.2%43. highest99%5.3k-7.7%
Possession of weapons crime →1.8%1. highest248%4.4k-7.5%
Other crime →1.5%38. highest106%3.8k-5.6%
Theft from the person crime →1.2%22. highest73%3.0k-14.8%
Bicycle theft crime →0.6%34. lowest70%1.5k-6.3%
Crime categoryShare of all crimesCrime rate ranking% of national crime rateCrime 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.

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