West Midlands possession of weapons crime statistics

Annual crime rate in West Midlands region is 1.7 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, West Midlands's rate is at 180% as of December 2024.Possession of weapons crime makes up 1.6% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 9.2k, and this number has decreased by 4.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2023 - October 2024.

West Midlands region	crime statistic	England & Wales
1.7	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	0.9
180%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
1.6%	share of all crimes	0.9%
9.2k	crimes reported	51.7k
-4.1%	annual change	0.5%

West Midlands possession of weapons crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Herefordshire	82%	1	135
Shropshire	109%	1	440
Staffordshire	112%	1	1115
Warwickshire	124%	1	610
West Midlands	249%	2	6318
Worcestershire	114%	1	618

West Midlands possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 9.2k, and this number has decreased by 4.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2023 - October 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 November 2023 - October 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.

-4.1% annual change, crime is declining

9.2k crimes reported