West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime statistics

Annual crime rate in West Midlands region is 7.8 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, West Midlands's rate is at 104% as of July 2025.Criminal damage and arson crime makes up 7.4% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 43.2k, and this number has decreased by 5.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2024 - June 2025.

West Midlands regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
7.8 annual crime rate per 1k workday people7.5
104% ratio of national crime rate100%
7.4% share of all crimes7.3%
43.2k crimes reported419k
-5.1% annual change-5.0%

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime rate comparison map

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Herefordshire67%5900
Shropshire88%72860
Staffordshire93%77466
Warwickshire84%63351
West Midlands118%924297
Worcestershire98%74312

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 5. highest crime rate out of 9 regions

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime rate rank

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 43.2k, and this number has decreased by 5.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2024 - June 2025. In the graph below, region are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the region crime rate between July 2024 - June 2025 to the region 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 region.

-5.1% annual change, crime is declining

43.2k crimes reported

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to June 2025.

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime volume

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime rate

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime seasonality

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