Annual crime rate in West Midlands region is 37.5, i.e. 37.5 crimes reported per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, West Midlands's crime rate is at 119%. Violent crime makes up 36.1% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 208k, and this number has increased by 16.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2020 - January 2021.
February 2020 - January 2021
| County | Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate | Crime rate per 1000 workday people | Total number of crimes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herefordshire | 84% | 27 | 4736 | |
| Shropshire | 94% | 30 | 12992 | |
| Staffordshire | 97% | 31 | 33087 | |
| Warwickshire | 96% | 30 | 16200 | |
| West Midlands | 140% | 44 | 121880 | |
| Worcestershire | 105% | 33 | 19430 | |
Violent crime rate is 37.5 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 3. highest crime rate out of 10 England and Wales' regions.
The total number of "violent crime" is 208k, and this number has increased by 16.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2020 - January 2021. 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 February 2020 - January 2021 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.
Crime rate percentage changeMonthly crime volumes till January 2021.
Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2016 till 2020.
