A near-20 per cent drop in drug-related neighbourhood crime across the region has been welcomed by the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Simon Foster.
The West Midlands Combatting Drugs and Alcohol Partnership (WMCDAP) Progress Report 2025, shows that drug-related neighbourhood offences – including burglary, vehicle theft and robbery – fell from 1,096 to 887 in a 12-month period last year.
The data highlights a significant success for local policing, with Solihull recording a substantial 48.1 per cent reduction in these community-level offences.
Beyond the fall in neighbourhood crime, the report champions several other striking successes incuding the number of Registered drug-poisoning deaths across the regrion fell by 11.2 per cent (from 295 to 262), bucking national trends, police operations closed six county lines and seized over 21kilograms of illegal substances and trafficking of drugs offences dropped by 14.3 per cent.
Mr Foster said: “This report provides clear evidence that our coordinated approach to tackling the root causes of drug-related crime is working.
“A near 20 per cent reduction in drug-related neighbourhood crime means fewer victims of burglary, robbery, and vehicle theft in our communities.
“By continuing to lead, through our West Midlands Combatting Drugs and Alcohol Partnership, we are not only tackling crime, by taking dealers off our streets and dismantling criminal networks, we are also saving lives and making our region a safer place for everyone.”
The WMCDAP oversees the three strands of the From Harm to Hope national drug strategy: breaking drug supply chains, delivering a world-class treatment and recovery system, and achieving a shift in the demand for drugs.
