All news on the topic: West Midlands Police

Desperate Brits are resorting to pinching essentials as data shows police saw as much as a 75% hike in shoplifting reports - use our interactive map to see how your area was affected

West Midlands Police officers were called to Milverton Road in Coventry on Tuesday to a report that dogs were fighting in the street

Armaan Kadeer, 18, died after being shot in the head on a canal towpath in Nechells, Birmingham, on July 3 with five arrests having been made in connection to the murder

An 18-year-old man was found dead near a canal in Nechells, Birmingham, with gunshot wounds and head injuries with four men arrested on suspicion of murder

The attacker allegedly got out of a car and fired several shots towards a parked vehicle at the back of the venue in Wolverhampton, before shots are thought to have been fired back from the direction of the wedding party

Members of the public helped detain a man in a branch of Lidl in Birmingham after he allegedly attacked staff with a knife

Mustafa Nadeem, aged 12, died after colliding with a pedestrian and then falling into the path of a bus in Birmingham with horrified passengers shouting to the driver to stop, an inquest heard

The 27-year-old mum vanished from her home in Halesowen near Dudley, West Midlands, as detectives believe she is with her one-year-old missing daughter

People who live in the picturesque Bournville village, in Birmingham, can enjoy a place that is reminiscent of an Enid Blyton book with charming houses and shops but there are also strict rules that must be followed

Paramedics treated the woman and the child for serious injuries at the scene on Kings Heath High street, Birmingham, before taking them to separate hospitals

The dramatic rescue outside an IKEA saw police smash open the window of the locked car to free a dog stuck inside amid 29C heat, after store staff failed to locate the owner

Police in Handsworth, Birmingham, took a £168,000 bright orange Lamborghini off the streets after discovering it was untaxed and the owner scrambled to get his story straight to officers

Seven victims aged under 13 were abused over almost a decade in the Walsall and Wolverhampton areas in what a judge said was a "prolonged and sustained" campaign that left children "terribly psychologically damaged"

Several people in Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, are said to be hooked on a drug known as Black Mamba which turns users into out of control zombies and

Karl Warburton has become the first person to die of xylazine in the UK - and his sister Diane has spoken about her fears that the killer drug could cause even more deaths around the UK

Busker Osaze Aigbe, 25, was performing in Birmingham when he was confronted by a stranger who was arrested and charged with assault and also assaulting an emergency worker

Police in Wolverhampton, west Midlands, heard the brazer shop worker tell a teen that he could buy the blade if he promised not to stab someone with the deadly weapon

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Folake Adoti-Ryan, 39, says her 61-year-old mum has been 'traumatised' after a large aggressive dog bit her finger off during a savage attack which also saw the family pet suffer internal bleeding

Retired teacher William Campbell, from Birmingham, was left with multiple injuries after a German Shepherd from the West Midlands Police mauled him while chasing a burglar

Two children, aged 11 and 15, were shot in Wolverhampton earlier this month as police confirm they have charged a 22-year-old man with two counts of attempted murder

Joshua was reunited with his parents after going missing in Birmingham city centre near a Tesco Express at around 6pm while wearing a black fur trimmed coat, a black cap, and black trousers

An 11-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy were rushed to hospital in stable conditions, after both suffering gunshot wounds to their legs in Wolverhampton as police continue investigations

A car has been pictured outside a Birmingham hospital riddled with bullets after a man "self-presented" at the A&E suffering from gun-shot wounds to the abdomen and leg, said police

Earlier this year the Police Federation revealed 18% of officers plan to quit by 2025 because of low pay and low morale with families struggling during the cost of living crisis

Videos shown to a jury Vaughn Dolphin tells the camera 'that was a bad idea' as he pans to the smoke-filled kitchen with fans whirring around as he was convicted of multiple terror offences