Racially aggravated offences (FOI ref: 1835A/25)

Request

1a. How many racially aggravated offences have been reported to West Midlands Police in 2025 so far (Jan – Aug)?

1b. I would also like a month by month breakdown of the amount of racially aggravated offences that have been reported in 2025 (e.g. January 2025, February 2025, March 2025, April 2025, May 2025, June 2025, July 2025, August 2025).

2a. How many racially aggravated offences were reported to West Midlands Police in 2024 (between January and August).

2b. Can I also have a monthly breakdown of the amount of racially aggravated offences in 2024 (e.g. January 2024, February 2024, March 2024, April 2024, May 2024, June 2024, July 2024, August 2024).

Response

See following table.

Table. Count of Racially Aggravated Offences recorded 01 January to 31 August (2025 & 2024):

Please note that this data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting the data.

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.

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