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John Hemming MP for Birmingham (Yardley) - Regional analysis of the levels of crime .

2.17.33pm BST (GMT +0100) Fri 22nd Jul 2005

John Hemmings MP

A regional analysis of the levels of crime has found that the West Midlands (includling West Mercia, Warws and Staffs) has the highest regional level of violent crime in the country. The West Midlands has 655 violent crimes per 10,000 people with a total number of 273,000 violent crimes in 2004/5. The UK average is 565 and the second highest is the North West at 613 and 611 in the South East.

John Hemming said, "Notwithstanding successes in many areas in the fight against crime, it is quite clear that the West Midlands has a substantial problem with violent crime. I am particularly concerned about the way in which there is a perception that people can commit crimes without risk of prosecution for the first crime. I am doing a considerable amount of work to identify whether Home Office guidelines need urgent changing to make crminals fear the law."

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