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Other theft in Birmingham

12 months to June 2026

7.5per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 8,860 other theft offences in Birmingham in the 12 months to June 2026, down 3.9% (356) on the previous 12 months. That is 7.5 per 1,000 residents against 6.5 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Other theft
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 1,176,960

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k201520202025September 2011: 1,182 offencesOctober 2011: 1,172 offencesNovember 2011: 1,159 offencesDecember 2011: 1,072 offencesJanuary 2012: 1,053 offencesFebruary 2012: 1,024 offencesMarch 2012: 988 offencesApril 2012: 965 offencesMay 2012: 978 offencesJune 2012: 966 offencesJuly 2012: 988 offencesAugust 2012: 960 offencesSeptember 2012: 993 offencesOctober 2012: 948 offencesNovember 2012: 986 offencesDecember 2012: 820 offencesJanuary 2013: 715 offencesFebruary 2013: 861 offencesMarch 2013: 921 offencesApril 2013: 863 offencesMay 2013: 786 offencesJune 2013: 692 offencesJuly 2013: 863 offencesAugust 2013: 778 offencesSeptember 2013: 739 offencesOctober 2013: 715 offencesNovember 2013: 763 offencesDecember 2013: 688 offencesJanuary 2014: 700 offencesFebruary 2014: 676 offencesMarch 2014: 767 offencesApril 2014: 769 offencesMay 2014: 676 offencesJune 2014: 758 offencesJuly 2014: 768 offencesAugust 2014: 730 offencesSeptember 2014: 711 offencesOctober 2014: 765 offencesNovember 2014: 685 offencesDecember 2014: 694 offencesJanuary 2015: 670 offencesFebruary 2015: 670 offencesMarch 2015: 689 offencesApril 2015: 664 offencesMay 2015: 686 offencesJune 2015: 722 offencesJuly 2015: 698 offencesAugust 2015: 748 offencesSeptember 2015: 696 offencesOctober 2015: 670 offencesNovember 2015: 690 offencesDecember 2015: 595 offencesJanuary 2016: 703 offencesFebruary 2016: 558 offencesMarch 2016: 682 offencesApril 2016: 633 offencesMay 2016: 742 offencesJune 2016: 723 offencesJuly 2016: 748 offencesAugust 2016: 691 offencesSeptember 2016: 719 offencesOctober 2016: 742 offencesNovember 2016: 842 offencesDecember 2016: 717 offencesJanuary 2017: 703 offencesFebruary 2017: 797 offencesMarch 2017: 822 offencesApril 2017: 840 offencesMay 2017: 923 offencesJune 2017: 860 offencesJuly 2017: 838 offencesAugust 2017: 987 offencesSeptember 2017: 801 offencesOctober 2017: 894 offencesNovember 2017: 830 offencesDecember 2017: 745 offencesJanuary 2018: 813 offencesFebruary 2018: 788 offencesMarch 2018: 843 offencesApril 2018: 838 offencesMay 2018: 900 offencesJune 2018: 891 offencesJuly 2018: 953 offencesAugust 2018: 963 offencesSeptember 2018: 818 offencesOctober 2018: 982 offencesNovember 2018: 913 offencesDecember 2018: 856 offencesJanuary 2019: 896 offencesFebruary 2019: 751 offencesMarch 2019: 794 offencesApril 2019: 749 offencesMay 2019: 844 offencesJune 2019: 917 offencesJuly 2019: 832 offencesAugust 2019: 797 offencesSeptember 2019: 752 offencesOctober 2019: 814 offencesNovember 2019: 729 offencesDecember 2019: 771 offencesJanuary 2020: 769 offencesFebruary 2020: 796 offencesMarch 2020: 671 offencesApril 2020: 465 offencesMay 2020: 511 offencesJune 2020: 584 offencesJuly 2020: 681 offencesAugust 2020: 617 offencesSeptember 2020: 674 offencesOctober 2020: 662 offencesNovember 2020: 678 offencesDecember 2020: 657 offencesJanuary 2021: 639 offencesFebruary 2021: 573 offencesMarch 2021: 682 offencesApril 2021: 719 offencesMay 2021: 735 offencesJune 2021: 893 offencesJuly 2021: 832 offencesAugust 2021: 797 offencesSeptember 2021: 798 offencesOctober 2021: 883 offencesNovember 2021: 935 offencesDecember 2021: 928 offencesJanuary 2022: 833 offencesFebruary 2022: 828 offencesMarch 2022: 978 offencesApril 2022: 924 offencesMay 2022: 962 offencesJune 2022: 1,052 offencesJuly 2022: 1,075 offencesAugust 2022: 1,051 offencesSeptember 2022: 1,003 offencesOctober 2022: 1,069 offencesNovember 2022: 1,021 offencesDecember 2022: 1,077 offencesJanuary 2023: 967 offencesFebruary 2023: 933 offencesMarch 2023: 1,034 offencesApril 2023: 965 offencesMay 2023: 983 offencesJune 2023: 958 offencesJuly 2023: 1,005 offencesAugust 2023: 917 offencesSeptember 2023: 888 offencesOctober 2023: 990 offencesNovember 2023: 927 offencesDecember 2023: 945 offencesJanuary 2024: 891 offencesFebruary 2024: 830 offencesMarch 2024: 885 offencesApril 2024: 921 offencesMay 2024: 961 offencesJune 2024: 871 offencesJuly 2024: 903 offencesAugust 2024: 927 offencesSeptember 2024: 932 offencesOctober 2024: 820 offencesNovember 2024: 718 offencesDecember 2024: 726 offencesJanuary 2025: 713 offencesFebruary 2025: 632 offencesMarch 2025: 691 offencesApril 2025: 732 offencesMay 2025: 738 offencesJune 2025: 684 offencesJuly 2025: 794 offencesAugust 2025: 801 offencesSeptember 2025: 718 offencesOctober 2025: 700 offencesNovember 2025: 728 offencesDecember 2025: 720 offencesJanuary 2026: 650 offencesFebruary 2026: 680 offencesMarch 2026: 714 offencesApril 2026: 748 offencesMay 2026: 764 offencesJune 2026: 843 offences

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 toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 201124,695 (partial)
June 201210,85610.02012
June 20132,9042.72013
June 20141,0501.02014
June 20159650.92015
June 20161,1131.02016
June 20171,2811.12017
June 20181,6191.42018
June 20191,6291.42019
June 20201,8571.62020
June 20212,6182.32021
June 20222,5612.22022
June 20232,4142.12023
June 20242,3712.02024
June 20252,8322.42025
June 20262,5642.22025

What this measures

Theft not covered by the more specific theft categories, such as theft from work or from a garden.

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.

Other categories in Birmingham

Every local authority ranked by other theft rate · All recorded crime in Birmingham