South East other crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 2.2 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 100% as of March 2025.Other crime makes up 2.4% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "other crime" is 18.4k, and this number has increased by 15.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2024 - February 2025.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
2.2	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	2.2
100%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
2.4%	share of all crimes	2.1%
18.4k	crimes reported	122k
15.1%	annual change	17.9%

South East other crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	72%	2	1368
Buckinghamshire	84%	2	1339
East Sussex	99%	2	1639
Hampshire	81%	2	3103
Isle of Wight	81%	2	239
Kent	158%	3	5664
Oxfordshire	74%	2	1071
Surrey	105%	2	2534
West Sussex	84%	2	1449

South East other crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 3. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

South East other crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "other crime" is 18.4k, and this number has increased by 15.1% 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.

+15.1% annual change, crime is increasing

18.4k crimes reported