Those numbers have tripled since the Government first pledged a crackdown back in 2018, when there were 11,000 people.
Out of 151 murders in the last two years across the West Midlands, most occurring in Birmingham, 56 were linked to the HMOs and exempt sectors, either occurring inside a property or involving an offender or victim living in one.
Superintendent at West Midlands Police Haroon Chughtai, who revealed the finding, told BirminghamLive: “That is just one area of crime that we have looked at.
“There is a lot of other offending that takes place in these properties.”
