West Yorkshire crime stats

February 2024

Most crimes, 134k crimes were violent crimes which is 41.0% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 168% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 21.8% over the last twelve months.West Yorkshire crime statistics
Crime categoryShare of all crimesRanking (52 counties)% of national crime rateCrime volume% annual change
Violent crime →41.0%1. highest168%134k-5.0%
Public order crime →10.5%1. highest191%34.1k-20.4%
Antisocial behaviour crime →8.3%18. lowest76%26.9k-1.4%
Criminal damage and arson crime →7.9%5. highest145%25.8k-8.4%
Shoplifting crime →6.8%9. highest138%22.1k21.8%
Other theft crime →6.6%3. highest119%21.5k-4.3%
Vehicle crime →5.3%8. highest120%17.2k0.7%
Burglary crime →4.8%3. highest162%15.8k11.3%
Drugs crime →2.7%3. highest146%8.9k4.5%
Other crime →2.7%1. highest212%8.6k15.0%
Robbery crime →1.0%4. highest110%3.2k11.2%
Theft from the person crime →1.0%5. highest69%3.2k-1.5%
Possession of weapons crime →0.8%10. highest126%2.6k-4.3%
Bicycle theft crime →0.6%25. lowest79%2.0k-8.0%
Crime categoryShare of all crimesCrime rate ranking% of national crime rateCrime volume% annual change
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The category of "other crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Other crime" rate is at 212% of national crime rate which puts West Yorkshire on 1. position out of 52 England's and Wales' counties in this crime category. "Other crime" makes up 2.7% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "other crime" is 8.6k cases and has increased by 15.0% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.

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