Annual crime rate in West Midlands county county is 5.2, i.e. 5.2 crimes reported per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, West Midlands county's crime rate is at 66%. Criminal damage and arson crime makes up 7.0% of all crimes reported in the county. The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 14.3k, and this number has decreased by 32.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of September 2020 - August 2021.
September 2020 - August 2021
Criminal damage and arson crime rate is 5.2 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 3. lowest crime rate out of 54 England and Wales' counties.
The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 14.3k, and this number has decreased by 32.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of September 2020 - August 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 September 2020 - August 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 August 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.
