West Midlands drugs crime statistics

Annual crime rate in West Midlands region is 2.6 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, West Midlands's rate is at 79% as of May 2025.Drugs crime makes up 2.5% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "drugs crime" is 14.3k, and this number has increased by 13.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2024 - May 2025.

West Midlands regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
2.6 annual crime rate per 1k workday people3.3
79% ratio of national crime rate100%
2.5% share of all crimes3.2%
14.3k crimes reported183k
13.7% annual change18.4%

West Midlands drugs crime rate comparison map

West Midlands drugs crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Herefordshire56%2324
Shropshire65%2930
Staffordshire67%22361
Warwickshire64%21114
West Midlands95%38560
Worcestershire52%2999

West Midlands drugs crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 2. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

West Midlands drugs crime rate rank

West Midlands drugs crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "drugs crime" is 14.3k, and this number has increased by 13.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2024 - May 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 June 2024 - May 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.

+13.7% annual change, crime is increasing

14.3k crimes reported

West Midlands drugs crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

West Midlands drugs crime volume

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

West Midlands drugs crime volume

West Midlands drugs crime rate

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

West Midlands drugs crime rate

West Midlands drugs 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 drugs crime seasonality

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