West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime statistics

Last updated: 12 May 2024

Annual crime rate in West Midlands region is 8.3 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, West Midlands's rate is at 107% as of May 2024.Criminal damage and arson crime makes up 7.6% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 46.4k, and this number has decreased by 10.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of April 2023 - March 2024.

West Midlands region	crime statistic	England & Wales
8.3	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	7.8
107%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
7.6%	share of all crimes	7.8%
46.4k	crimes reported	439k
-10.3%	annual change	-8.1%

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Herefordshire	74%	6	1032
Shropshire	90%	7	3075
Staffordshire	95%	7	8037
Warwickshire	80%	6	3353
West Midlands	122%	10	26315
Worcestershire	99%	8	4558

West Midlands criminal damage and arson crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 46.4k, and this number has decreased by 10.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of April 2023 - March 2024. 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 April 2023 - March 2024 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.

-10.3% annual change, crime is declining

46.4k crimes reported