West Midlands shoplifting crime statistics

Annual crime rate in West Midlands region is 9.7 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, West Midlands's rate is at 111% as of July 2025.Shoplifting crime makes up 9.3% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 53.8k, and this number has increased by 18.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2024 - June 2025.

West Midlands regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
9.7 annual crime rate per 1k workday people8.7
111% ratio of national crime rate100%
9.3% share of all crimes8.6%
53.8k crimes reported488k
18.3% annual change12.6%

West Midlands shoplifting crime rate comparison map

West Midlands shoplifting crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Herefordshire59%5926
Shropshire91%83452
Staffordshire84%77924
Warwickshire71%63318
West Midlands137%1232910
Worcestershire103%95267

West Midlands shoplifting crime rate rank

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

West Midlands shoplifting crime rate rank

West Midlands shoplifting crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 53.8k, and this number has increased by 18.3% 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.

+18.3% annual change, crime is increasing

53.8k crimes reported

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

West Midlands shoplifting crime volume

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

West Midlands shoplifting crime volume

West Midlands shoplifting crime rate

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

West Midlands shoplifting crime rate

West Midlands shoplifting 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 shoplifting crime seasonality

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