Policing West Mercia

The latest figures for the level of crime and anti-social behaviour show communities in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Worcestershire are safer places now than they have been for many years.

West Mercia Police’s latest figures shows there were nearly 9,000 fewer crimes than the previous year, a fall of nearly 13 per cent. 

Compared to six years ago, there were more than 20,000 fewer crimes reported, a fall of more than a quarter*. This means there are on average 166 crimes a day, including only eight burglaries across three counties.

Data from the last financial year (1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013) is now available and shows that all major crime types are down compared to 2011/12.

Overall incidents are down by 8,869 compared to 2011/12. This includes the following:

• 119 fewer burglaries in people’s homes (a reduction of 3.9%);
• 62 fewer robberies (- 13.2%);
• 697 fewer occasions where people suffered injuries due to violence (- 9.7%);
• 4,445 fewer incidents of anti-social behaviour (- 7.5%);

The three counties’ roads are also becoming safer: there were 52 fewer people killed or seriously injured in traffic collisions, a fall of 14.5%.

*Total record crime in 2006/07 was 81,347, a total decrease of 25.5%. 

(06/07 is the furthest back we can compare figures where they were recorded using the same methods.) 

Summary of the main crime areas

West Mercia