West Midlands violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in West Midlands region is 45.5 crimes per annum per 1000 workday people as of December 2023. Compared to the national crime rate, West Midlands's crime rate is at 129%. Violent crime makes up 39.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 253k, and this number has decreased by 7.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2022 - October 2023.

45.5

annual crime rate per 1k workday people

129%

of national crime rate

39.8%

of all crimes

253k

crimes reported

-7.5%

annual change

West Midlands violent crime rate comparison map

West Midlands violent crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Herefordshire88%315563
Shropshire102%3615711
Staffordshire119%4245203
Warwickshire88%3116711
West Midlands152%54148112
Worcestershire104%3721585

West Midlands violent crime rate rank

Violent crime rate is 45.5 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 2. highest crime rate out of 9 England and Wales' regions.

2.

highest crime rate out of 9 regions

45.5

annual crime rate per 1k workday people
West Midlands violent crime rate rank

West Midlands violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 253k, and this number has decreased by 7.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2022 - October 2023. 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 November 2022 - October 2023 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.

-7.5%

annual change

45.5

annual crime rate per 1k workday people

253k

crimes reported
West Midlands violent crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

West Midlands violent crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2011 to October 2023.

West Midlands violent crime volume

West Midlands violent crime rate

Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people

West Midlands violent crime rate

West Midlands violent crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2018 till 2022.

West Midlands violent crime seasonality

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