Total Crime Rate

96.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025

Latest update: 05.12.2025

Crime rate per 1000 residents

All crimes 96.2 7/10
Violence and sexual offences 37.8 8/10
Anti-social behaviour 11.3 2/10
Shoplifting 8.7 6/10
Criminal damage and arson 7.1 6/10
Vehicle crime 6.6 9/10
Public order 6.0 3/10
Other theft 5.7 6/10
Burglary 4.0 7/10
Drugs 2.6 3/10
Other crime 2.1 6/10
Possession of weapons 1.5 10/10
Robbery 1.5 9/10
Bicycle theft 0.6 3/10
Theft from the person 0.6 6/10

Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this region to UK peers of the same type.

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Crime overview for West Midlands region

West Midlands has the 4th highest crime rate region of 9 in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in West Midlands in the last 12 months was 96.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1.8% higher than the England country average (94.5 per 1,000 residents).

Violent crimes totalled 281,553 (≈ 46.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.2% ).

Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.8% comparing early vs recent averages).

Crime Rates in districts of West Midlands region

Last 12 months · All offences per 1,000 residents

Region average: 96.2 per 1,000

	District	Per 1,000	vs. Region	Label vs UK districts
1	Stoke-on-Trent	134.5	38.3 (40%)	Very high 9/10
2	Birmingham	129.0	32.8 (34%)	Very high 9/10
3	Worcester	118.4	22.2 (23%)	Very high 9/10
4	Nuneaton and Bedworth	109.7	13.5 (14%)	High 8/10
5	Wolverhampton	109.1	12.9 (13%)	High 8/10
6	Sandwell	106.2	10.0 (10%)	High 8/10
7	Coventry	105.4	9.2 (10%)	High 7/10
8	Walsall	103.8	7.6 (8%)	High 7/10
9	Telford and Wrekin	96.2	0.0 (0%)	High 7/10
10	Wyre Forest	93.6	-2.6 (-3%)	High 7/10
11	Redditch	88.6	-7.6 (-8%)	Typical 6/10
12	Cannock Chase	85.5	-10.7 (-11%)	Typical 5/10
13	Solihull	85.2	-11.0 (-11%)	Typical 5/10
14	Dudley	84.5	-11.7 (-12%)	Typical 5/10
15	Tamworth	83.5	-12.7 (-13%)	Typical 5/10
16	Newcastle-under-Lyme	83.5	-12.7 (-13%)	Typical 5/10
17	North Warwickshire	81.8	-14.4 (-15%)	Typical 5/10
18	Warwick	79.1	-17.1 (-18%)	Typical 5/10
19	East Staffordshire	76.5	-19.7 (-20%)	Low 4/10
20	Stafford	74.0	-22.2 (-23%)	Low 4/10
21	Rugby	73.6	-22.6 (-23%)	Low 4/10
22	Stratford-on-Avon	68.4	-27.8 (-29%)	Low 3/10
23	Wychavon	67.8	-28.4 (-30%)	Low 3/10
24	Staffordshire Moorlands	67.2	-29.0 (-30%)	Low 3/10
25	Lichfield	65.7	-30.5 (-32%)	Low 3/10
26	Bromsgrove	65.0	-31.2 (-32%)	Low 3/10
27	Herefordshire, County of	63.0	-33.2 (-35%)	Very low 2/10
28	Shropshire	61.6	-34.6 (-36%)	Very low 2/10
29	South Staffordshire	59.4	-36.8 (-38%)	Very low 2/10
30	Malvern Hills	57.8	-38.4 (-40%)	Very low 2/10

Notes: “Per 1,000” = offences per 1,000 residents (last 12 months). “vs. Region” = difference from baseline.

Crime Rate in West Midlands, region

Crime overview for West Midlands region

Crime Rates in districts of West Midlands region

Crime Over Time in West Midlands region

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