Police-recorded · Birmingham · West Midlands Police
Violence and sexual offences in Birmingham
12 months to June 2026
52.8per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 62,138 violence and sexual offences offences in Birmingham in the 12 months to June 2026, up 2.6% (1,585) on the previous 12 months. That is 52.8 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
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
9,849 (partial)
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June 2012
14,417
13.3
2012
June 2013
15,318
14.0
2013
June 2014
17,101
15.5
2014
June 2015
18,154
16.3
2015
June 2016
21,692
19.2
2016
June 2017
24,765
21.7
2017
June 2018
29,836
26.0
2018
June 2019
38,076
33.1
2019
June 2020
46,021
40.1
2020
June 2021
66,286
58.0
2021
June 2022
76,548
66.4
2022
June 2023
70,600
60.4
2023
June 2024
62,688
53.0
2024
June 2025
60,553
51.4
2025
June 2026
62,138
52.8
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
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.