South East drugs crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 2.7 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 93% as of January 2025.Drugs crime makes up 2.9% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "drugs crime" is 22.9k, and this number has increased by 6.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2023 - November 2024.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
2.7	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	2.9
93%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
2.9%	share of all crimes	2.8%
22.9k	crimes reported	163k
6.5%	annual change	5.6%

South East drugs crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	84%	2	2125
Buckinghamshire	78%	2	1664
East Sussex	101%	3	2238
Hampshire	94%	3	4792
Isle of Wight	88%	3	347
Kent	119%	3	5674
Oxfordshire	87%	3	1681
Surrey	77%	2	2479
West Sussex	81%	2	1876

South East drugs crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 5. highest crime rate out of 9 regions

South East drugs crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "drugs crime" is 22.9k, and this number has increased by 6.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2023 - November 2024. In the graph below, region are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the region crime rate between December 2023 - November 2024 to the region crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the region.

+6.5% annual change, crime is increasing

22.9k crimes reported