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Recorded crime: West Mercia Police 12 months to June 2026
75.0recorded offences per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 101,239 offences in the West Mercia Police area in the 12 months to June 2026, up 0.4% (434) on the previous 12 months. That is 75.0 per 1,000 residents against 97.4 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk street-level crime archive force population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 1,349,288 Since 2011 Recorded offences per 1,000 residents: Year to June 2012 to Year to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 50 100 2015 2020 2025 Year to June 2012: 102.4 per 1,000 residents · 126,009 offences · population mid-2012 Year to June 2013: 92.4 per 1,000 residents · 114,233 offences · population mid-2013 Year to June 2014: 85.6 per 1,000 residents · 106,482 offences · population mid-2014 Year to June 2015: 87.2 per 1,000 residents · 109,227 offences · population mid-2015 Year to June 2016: 91.1 per 1,000 residents · 114,998 offences · population mid-2016 Year to June 2017: 99.6 per 1,000 residents · 126,658 offences · population mid-2017 Year to June 2018: 99.7 per 1,000 residents · 127,484 offences · population mid-2018 Year to June 2019: 100.1 per 1,000 residents · 128,750 offences · population mid-2019 Year to June 2020: 101.9 per 1,000 residents · 131,437 offences · population mid-2020 Year to June 2021: 96.8 per 1,000 residents · 126,120 offences · population mid-2021 Year to June 2022: 94.3 per 1,000 residents · 123,982 offences · population mid-2022 Year to June 2023: 88.6 per 1,000 residents · 117,628 offences · population mid-2023 Year to June 2024: 77.7 per 1,000 residents · 104,127 offences · population mid-2024 Year to June 2025: 74.7 per 1,000 residents · 100,805 offences · population mid-2025 Year to June 2026: 75 per 1,000 residents · 101,239 offences · population mid-2025
Each year to June, complete years only. Areas are today's boundaries throughout. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Monthly trend Monthly recorded crime: December 2010 to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 5k 10k 2010 2015 2020 2025 December 2010: 9,643 offences January 2011: 10,749 offences February 2011: 10,850 offences March 2011: 12,144 offences April 2011: 12,271 offences May 2011: 11,313 offences June 2011: 10,849 offences July 2011: 12,388 offences August 2011: 12,108 offences September 2011: 11,105 offences October 2011: 11,599 offences November 2011: 9,890 offences December 2011: 9,335 offences January 2012: 9,453 offences February 2012: 9,195 offences March 2012: 10,767 offences April 2012: 9,385 offences May 2012: 10,564 offences June 2012: 10,220 offences July 2012: 10,976 offences August 2012: 11,036 offences September 2012: 10,005 offences October 2012: 9,992 offences November 2012: 9,137 offences December 2012: 8,713 offences January 2013: 8,757 offences February 2013: 8,080 offences March 2013: 8,709 offences April 2013: 9,129 offences May 2013: 9,958 offences June 2013: 9,741 offences July 2013: 9,836 offences August 2013: 9,479 offences September 2013: 8,720 offences October 2013: 9,073 offences November 2013: 8,401 offences December 2013: 8,118 offences January 2014: 8,116 offences February 2014: 7,800 offences March 2014: 9,130 offences April 2014: 8,811 offences May 2014: 9,340 offences June 2014: 9,658 offences July 2014: 10,381 offences August 2014: 9,483 offences September 2014: 9,574 offences October 2014: 9,001 offences November 2014: 8,472 offences December 2014: 7,704 offences January 2015: 7,971 offences February 2015: 7,850 offences March 2015: 8,980 offences April 2015: 9,564 offences May 2015: 9,948 offences June 2015: 10,299 offences July 2015: 10,612 offences August 2015: 10,262 offences September 2015: 9,305 offences October 2015: 9,808 offences November 2015: 8,954 offences December 2015: 8,773 offences January 2016: 8,566 offences February 2016: 8,712 offences March 2016: 9,517 offences April 2016: 9,491 offences May 2016: 10,364 offences June 2016: 10,634 offences July 2016: 11,232 offences August 2016: 11,088 offences September 2016: 10,764 offences October 2016: 11,007 offences November 2016: 9,711 offences December 2016: 9,684 offences January 2017: 9,473 offences February 2017: 9,299 offences March 2017: 10,808 offences April 2017: 10,607 offences May 2017: 11,526 offences June 2017: 11,459 offences July 2017: 12,169 offences August 2017: 11,346 offences September 2017: 10,727 offences October 2017: 11,375 offences November 2017: 10,846 offences December 2017: 9,680 offences January 2018: 9,575 offences February 2018: 8,730 offences March 2018: 9,748 offences April 2018: 10,542 offences May 2018: 11,111 offences June 2018: 11,635 offences July 2018: 12,677 offences August 2018: 11,340 offences September 2018: 10,878 offences October 2018: 11,006 offences November 2018: 10,551 offences December 2018: 10,136 offences January 2019: 10,038 offences February 2019: 9,253 offences March 2019: 10,952 offences April 2019: 10,349 offences May 2019: 10,721 offences June 2019: 10,849 offences July 2019: 12,176 offences August 2019: 11,945 offences September 2019: 10,757 offences October 2019: 10,967 offences November 2019: 10,097 offences December 2019: 9,647 offences January 2020: 9,755 offences February 2020: 9,752 offences March 2020: 9,748 offences April 2020: 11,764 offences May 2020: 13,045 offences June 2020: 11,784 offences July 2020: 11,682 offences August 2020: 11,416 offences September 2020: 10,704 offences October 2020: 10,761 offences November 2020: 9,176 offences December 2020: 9,592 offences January 2021: 9,313 offences February 2021: 9,067 offences March 2021: 11,284 offences April 2021: 11,114 offences May 2021: 10,687 offences June 2021: 11,324 offences July 2021: 11,749 offences August 2021: 10,599 offences September 2021: 10,779 offences October 2021: 10,746 offences November 2021: 9,882 offences December 2021: 9,602 offences January 2022: 9,740 offences February 2022: 9,233 offences March 2022: 10,308 offences April 2022: 10,622 offences May 2022: 10,238 offences June 2022: 10,484 offences July 2022: 10,571 offences August 2022: 9,978 offences September 2022: 10,588 offences October 2022: 10,500 offences November 2022: 9,717 offences December 2022: 8,884 offences January 2023: 9,510 offences February 2023: 9,107 offences March 2023: 9,655 offences April 2023: 9,506 offences May 2023: 9,985 offences June 2023: 9,627 offences July 2023: 9,485 offences August 2023: 9,651 offences September 2023: 9,154 offences October 2023: 9,410 offences November 2023: 8,196 offences December 2023: 7,880 offences January 2024: 7,700 offences February 2024: 7,654 offences March 2024: 8,529 offences April 2024: 8,540 offences May 2024: 9,011 offences June 2024: 8,917 offences July 2024: 8,382 offences August 2024: 9,063 offences September 2024: 8,207 offences October 2024: 8,500 offences November 2024: 8,135 offences December 2024: 7,757 offences January 2025: 7,913 offences February 2025: 7,387 offences March 2025: 8,603 offences April 2025: 8,820 offences May 2025: 9,066 offences June 2025: 8,972 offences July 2025: 9,848 offences August 2025: 9,217 offences September 2025: 7,903 offences October 2025: 8,463 offences November 2025: 8,034 offences December 2025: 7,879 offences January 2026: 7,675 offences February 2026: 7,321 offences March 2026: 8,576 offences April 2026: 8,456 offences May 2026: 9,089 offences June 2026: 8,778 offences
Monthly recorded offences, all categories except anti-social behaviour Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Official figures for this area Published in the official force-area tables. These are the figures to cite; archive-based numbers above are built from street-level records and may differ.
Series Latest A year earlier Published Arrests for notifiable offences Year ending March 2025 · arrests 181 — 2026-08-19 Homicides (Homicide Index) Year ending March 2025 · offences 9 7 Year ending March 2025 Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument Year ending March 2026 · offences 616 649 Year ending March 2026 Police officers (full-time equivalent) Year ending March 2026 · officers (FTE) 2,506 2,509 As at 31 March 2026 Police officers per 100,000 population Year ending March 2026 · officers per 100,000 population 187 — As at 31 March 2026 Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 7,449 7,571 Year ending March 2026 Drug offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 2,341 2,151 Year ending March 2026 Possession of weapons (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 1,010 1,067 Year ending March 2026 Public order offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 6,155 6,744 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences per 1,000 population 59.6 — Year ending March 2026 Robbery (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 854 536 Year ending March 2026 Sexual offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 4,063 3,745 Year ending March 2026 Theft offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 22,566 24,894 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences 79,871 80,759 Year ending March 2026 Violence against the person (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 33,286 32,171 Year ending March 2026
Homicides by police force area: Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025 Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour 0 5 10 15 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Year ending March 2015: 9 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2016: 11 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2017: 15 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2018: 17 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2019: 14 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2020: 7 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2021: 19 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2022: 17 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2023: 19 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2024: 7 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2025: 9 offences · published 5 February 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area: Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 250 500 750 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2011: 497 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 427 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 363 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 315 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 376 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 514 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 542 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 523 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 621 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 853 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 733 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 619 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 726 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 714 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 649 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 616 offences · published 23 July 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Police officers by police force area: Year ending March 2007 to Year ending March 2026 Labour Labour Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 1k 2k 2010 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2007: 2,428 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2008: 2,486 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2009: 2,471 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2010: 2,391 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2011: 2,251 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 2,191 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 2,087 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 1,966 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 2,014 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 2,079 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 2,055 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 1,974 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 1,989 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 2,219 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 2,277 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 2,354 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 2,479 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 2,513 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 2,509 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 2,506 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026
Earlier years are the publisher's own back run, joined where the periods do not overlap. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value By category, 12 months to June 2026 Category Offences Previous 12 months Change Per 1,000 England & Wales per 1,000 Violence and sexual offences 40,469 38,294 ▲ 5.7% 30.0 34.7 Anti-social behaviour (not a crime) 16,412 16,336 ▲ 0.5% 12.2 15.3 Shoplifting 8,860 9,318 ▼ 4.9% 6.6 8.3 Criminal damage and arson 7,648 7,773 ▼ 1.6% 5.7 6.9 Other theft 6,296 6,502 ▼ 3.2% 4.7 6.5 Public order 6,259 6,898 ▼ 9.3% 4.6 6.8 Burglary 4,124 3,919 ▲ 5.2% 3.1 3.6 Vehicle crime 3,289 4,156 ▼ 20.9% 2.4 5.0 Drugs 2,502 2,269 ▲ 10.3% 1.9 3.4 Other crime 2,364 2,434 ▼ 2.9% 1.8 2.2 Possession of weapons 1,093 1,133 ▼ 3.5% 0.8 1.0 Robbery 931 608 ▲ 53.1% 0.7 1.4 Bicycle theft 675 705 ▼ 4.3% 0.5 0.8 Theft from the person 317 460 ▼ 31.1% 0.2 1.7 Public disorder and weapons 0 0 — 0.0 0.0 Violent crime 0 0 — 0.0 0.0
Local authorities in this force area Bromsgrove 6,167 offences 60.5per 1,000 Herefordshire, County of 11,685 offences 60.7per 1,000 Malvern Hills 4,657 offences 55.2per 1,000 Redditch 7,512 offences 85.8per 1,000 Shropshire 19,264 offences 57.8per 1,000 Telford and Wrekin 17,400 offences 87.3per 1,000 Worcester 11,806 offences 110.4per 1,000 Wychavon 9,052 offences 65.0per 1,000 Wyre Forest 8,974 offences 86.1per 1,000 Important caveat Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded-crime rate does not mean an area is more dangerous. Rates depend on how much crime is reported and recorded, on the number of visitors and commuters who are not counted in the resident population, and on the policing priorities of the force. Anti-social behaviour incidents are shown separately because they are not recorded crimes.
Source Data data.police.uk street-level crime archive (Home Office). Offences are placed at anonymised snap points and assigned to 2021 Lower Layer Super Output Areas, which are mapped to local authorities using the ONS Open Geography lookup.Population ONS mid-year population estimates for England and Wales, mid-2025 edition, local authority level; force populations are the sum of their local authorities. Geography E23000016 Rate offences in the 12 months ÷ resident population × 1,000, rounded to one decimal place. Method Methodology