South East drugs crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 2.8 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 91% as of March 2025.Drugs crime makes up 3.0% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "drugs crime" is 23.5k, and this number has increased by 7.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2024 - February 2025.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
2.8	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	3
91%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
3.0%	share of all crimes	3.0%
23.5k	crimes reported	171k
7.6%	annual change	10.4%

South East drugs crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	85%	3	2237
Buckinghamshire	78%	2	1743
East Sussex	89%	3	2064
Hampshire	90%	3	4803
Isle of Wight	83%	3	341
Kent	120%	4	6016
Oxfordshire	90%	3	1814
Surrey	79%	2	2680
West Sussex	73%	2	1756

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 23.5k, and this number has increased by 7.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2024 - February 2025. 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 March 2024 - February 2025 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.

+7.6% annual change, crime is increasing

23.5k crimes reported