Police-recorded · Birmingham · West Midlands Police
Theft from the person in Birmingham
12 months to June 2026
1.4per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 1,642 theft from the person offences in Birmingham in the 12 months to June 2026, up 13.9% (200) on the previous 12 months. That is 1.4 per 1,000 residents against 1.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Theft from the person”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 1,176,960
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
0 (partial)
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June 2012
14,315
13.2
2012
June 2013
16,978
15.5
2013
June 2014
18,640
16.9
2014
June 2015
18,589
16.7
2015
June 2016
18,639
16.5
2016
June 2017
20,484
18.0
2017
June 2018
20,876
18.2
2018
June 2019
20,348
17.7
2019
June 2020
16,048
14.0
2020
June 2021
14,743
12.9
2021
June 2022
20,111
17.4
2022
June 2023
23,386
20.0
2023
June 2024
23,502
19.9
2024
June 2025
24,546
20.9
2025
June 2026
23,827
20.2
2025
What this measures
Theft of property directly from a person without force, such as pickpocketing.
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 rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.