The jaw-dropping number of people doing a runner without paying the bill at West Midlands restaurants
Police recorded 8,642 crimes
Drunks, stolen cupcakes and shop workers threatened with needles – Aldridge hit by ‘crimewave’
The crimewave in Aldridge
Reagan Asbury killing – the full story of how police caught knifeman Tyrone Andrew
Tyrone Andrew jogged up
The Birmingham schools forced to fill permanent teaching posts with temporary staff
The figures come from
Watch: Incredible moment brave mum fights off violent carjackers with her handbag – and wins
Victim “screamed and shouted