Crime falls across West Mercia policing region but knife offences are on the rise
Crime is falling across the West Mercia policing district but incidents involving knives are on the rise, new figures show.
Data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday show crime in Shropshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire fell in the year to June 2023.
The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) reveals that across England and Wales, total crime fell by around 10 per cent with an estimated 8.4 million offences recorded in the year to June 2023.
The ONS has put the fall down to decreases in fraud and criminal damage offences.
In the West Mercia policing region, crime has fallen from 95,006 recorded offences (excluding fraud) in the year to March 2023 to 93,374 recorded offences in the year to June 2023.
