West Midlands robbery crime statistics

As of December 2025, the annual crime rate in West Midlands region stands at 1.6 crimes per 1000 people. West Midlands's current crime levels are at 118% of the national crime rate. Robbery crime makes up 1.5% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "robbery crime" is 8.7k, and this number has decreased by 7.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 2025.

West Midlands robbery crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
West Midlands region	crime statistic	England & Wales
1.6	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	1.3
118%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
1.5%	share of all crimes	1.3%
8.7k	crimes reported	74.7k
-7.9%	annual change	1.0%

West Midlands robbery crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Herefordshire	24%	0	56
Shropshire	43%	1	250
Staffordshire	69%	1	988
Warwickshire	68%	1	481
West Midlands	175%	2	6425
Worcestershire	70%	1	547

West Midlands robbery crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : West Midlands region has the 2. highest crime rate out of 9 regions

West Midlands robbery crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "robbery crime" is 8.7k, and this number has decreased by 7.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 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 December 2024 - November 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.

-7.9% annual change, crime is declining

8.7k crimes reported