South East drugs crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 2.6 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 93% as of December 2024.Drugs crime makes up 2.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "drugs crime" is 22.4k, and this number has increased by 4.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2023 - October 2024.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
2.6	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	2.8
93%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
2.8%	share of all crimes	2.8%
22.4k	crimes reported	159k
4.5%	annual change	2.8%

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%	2	2101
Buckinghamshire	79%	2	1654
East Sussex	103%	3	2217
Hampshire	96%	3	4770
Isle of Wight	92%	3	356
Kent	116%	3	5436
Oxfordshire	86%	2	1622
Surrey	74%	2	2351
West Sussex	83%	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 22.4k, and this number has increased by 4.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2023 - October 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 November 2023 - October 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.

+4.5% annual change, crime is increasing

22.4k crimes reported