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Hot weather blamed by West Midlands Police as overall crime rises by 3,000 incidents
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. Birmingham Mail is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC. The headline in use is “Hot weather blamed by West Midlands Police as overall crime rises by 3,000 incidents”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
But several crimes are falling across the region according to new data from the Office for National Statistics
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- First reported by Birmingham Mail
Hot weather blamed by West Midlands Police as overall crime rises by 3,000 incidents
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- Birmingham Mail