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We know that vehicle crime in the West Midlands is experiencing a downward trend thanks to a special focus on chop shops and the organised gangs who run them, but the rest of the country is experiencing a rise. In 2023, a car was stolen every 8 minutes in the UK, and there’s a definite… Read more »
The West Midlands Police have been focusing on a few specific problems with their policing model; a Vehicle Crime Taskforce set up in 2022 is yielding a massive drop in car thefts across the region. The focus here is on organised crime gangs running chop shops, where vehicles are stolen to order and parts swapped… Read more »
It’s time for the quarterly look at the crime picture across the West Midlands. Knowing what the crime risks and rates are in our area is vital for our work and for you as residents to be alert to the threats, so we can all keep ourselves safe. It’s also the first time we are… Read more »
Analysis of the car crime figures over the UK in 2022, show that the West Midlands has the highest rate of vehicle crime with 419 offences per 100,000 people. London experienced just 278 per 100,000 people and although the capital is more densely populated, giving rise to higher figures overall, the prevalence of these crimes… Read more »
It’s time for our regular round-up of the crime picture in the West Midlands. Each quarter we look at the four types of crime that we can help reduce with our security systems, seeing how the rates have changed compared to the previous quarter and whether there’s an explanation for the change. We also recommend… Read more »
We know that crime rates increase relatively to rises in temperature – spikes in violent crime especially correspond to spikes in temperature, but so do many other types of crime. Violent crime and public disorder offences are more likely in the summer because people are out drinking – the combination of day drinking and hot… Read more »