South East shoplifting crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 8.9 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 104% as of March 2025.Shoplifting crime makes up 9.7% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 75.4k, and this number has increased by 12.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2024 - February 2025.

South East regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
8.9 annual crime rate per 1k workday people8.6
104% ratio of national crime rate100%
9.7% share of all crimes8.4%
75.4k crimes reported479k
12.7% annual change17.8%

South East shoplifting crime rate comparison map

South East shoplifting crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Berkshire103%97654
Buckinghamshire98%86131
East Sussex147%139553
Hampshire97%814475
Isle of Wight89%81030
Kent114%1016067
Oxfordshire103%95875
Surrey67%66373
West Sussex121%108220

South East shoplifting crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 4. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

South East shoplifting crime rate rank

South East shoplifting crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 75.4k, and this number has increased by 12.7% 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.

+12.7% annual change, crime is increasing

75.4k crimes reported

South East shoplifting crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

South East shoplifting crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to February 2025.

South East shoplifting crime volume

South East shoplifting crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

South East shoplifting crime rate

South East shoplifting crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

South East shoplifting crime seasonality

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