The overall crime rate in Birmingham city is 127.9 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 58.7k crimes were violent crimes which is 40.3% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 147% of national crime rate. Antisocial behaviour crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 10.7% over the last twelve months.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 283% of national crime rate which puts Birmingham on 2. position out of 99 England's and Wales' cities in this crime category. "Possession of weapons crime" makes up 2.0% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 2.9k cases and has decreased by 17% when compared year-over-year in the period of September 2023 - August 2024.
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Ranking (99 cities) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime | 40.3% | 27. highest | 147% | 58.7k | -17.1% |
Vehicle crime | 9.3% | 5. highest | 198% | 13.6k | -14.6% |
Criminal damage and arson crime | 7.5% | 48. highest | 123% | 10.8k | -9.3% |
Antisocial behaviour crime | 7.3% | 11. lowest | 58% | 10.6k | 10.7% |
Other theft crime | 7.2% | 24. highest | 123% | 10.5k | -15.8% |
Public order crime | 6.3% | 36. lowest | 110% | 9.2k | -29.7% |
Shoplifting crime | 6.1% | 21. lowest | 101% | 8.9k | 7.7% |
Burglary crime | 5.3% | 15. highest | 159% | 7.6k | -16.1% |
Robbery crime | 2.9% | 2. highest | 283% | 4.2k | -13.9% |
Drugs crime | 2.3% | 44. lowest | 108% | 3.4k | -12.8% |
Possession of weapons crime | 2.0% | 2. highest | 283% | 2.9k | -17.0% |
Other crime | 1.7% | 45. lowest | 110% | 2.5k | -1.8% |
Theft from the person crime | 1.2% | 17. highest | 70% | 1.7k | -34.3% |
Bicycle theft crime | 0.6% | 27. lowest | 79% | 902 | -4.6% |
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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This graph compares crime rate in Birmingham city to the national crime rate for each crime statistic.
Crime statistic | Birmingham city crime rate | England and Wales - national crime rate |
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Anti-social behaviour | 9.3 | 16.0 |
Bicycle theft | 0.8 | 1.0 |
Burglary | 6.7 | 4.2 |
Criminal damage and arson | 9.5 | 7.7 |
Drugs | 3.0 | 2.7 |
Other crime | 2.2 | 2.0 |
Other theft | 9.2 | 7.5 |
Possession of weapons | 2.6 | 0.9 |
Public order | 8.1 | 7.4 |
Robbery | 3.7 | 1.3 |
Shoplifting | 7.8 | 7.7 |
Theft from the person | 1.5 | 2.1 |
Vehicle crime | 12.0 | 6.0 |
Violent crime | 51.6 | 35.0 |