Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (54 counties) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 40.7% | 2. highest | 152% | 149k | -10.4% |
Vehicle crime → | 10.0% | 1. highest | 206% | 36.8k | 2.2% |
Public order crime → | 7.5% | 16. highest | 119% | 27.5k | -20.4% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 7.5% | 13. highest | 124% | 27.4k | -7.2% |
Other theft crime → | 7.0% | 5. highest | 114% | 25.7k | 3.8% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 6.1% | 7. lowest | 51% | 22.5k | 2.0% |
Shoplifting crime → | 5.9% | 17. highest | 120% | 21.6k | 35.2% |
Burglary crime → | 5.5% | 2. highest | 168% | 20.1k | -4.0% |
Robbery crime → | 2.3% | 2. highest | 248% | 8.6k | 5.5% |
Drugs crime → | 2.2% | 14. highest | 105% | 7.9k | -1.7% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 1.9% | 1. highest | 277% | 6.9k | -0.9% |
Other crime → | 1.7% | 16. highest | 122% | 6.2k | -3.6% |
Theft from the person crime → | 1.2% | 3. highest | 81% | 4.3k | 1.0% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 0.6% | 24. lowest | 73% | 2.3k | -9.9% |
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 277% of national crime rate which puts West Midlands county on 1. position out of 54 England's and Wales' counties in this crime category. "Possession of weapons crime" makes up 1.9% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 6.9k cases and has decreased by 0.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of October 2022 - September 2023.