Last updated: 12 May 2024
Annual crime rate in South East region is 0.8 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 44% as of May 2024.Theft from the person crime makes up 0.9% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "theft from the person crime" is 7.0k, and this number has decreased by 7.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of April 2023 - March 2024.
| South East region | crime statistic | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 0.8 | annual crime rate per 1k workday people | 1.9 |
| 44% | ratio of national crime rate | 100% |
| 0.9% | share of all crimes | 1.9% |
| 7.0k | crimes reported | 105k |
| -7.1% | annual change | 2.0% |
| County | Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate | Crime rate per 1000 workday people | Total number of crimes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | 76% | 1 | 1239 | |
| Buckinghamshire | 61% | 1 | 845 | |
| East Sussex | 52% | 1 | 748 | |
| Hampshire | 31% | 1 | 1015 | |
| Isle of Wight | 26% | 0 | 65 | |
| Kent | 34% | 1 | 1049 | |
| Oxfordshire | 82% | 2 | 1017 | |
| Surrey | 24% | 0 | 491 | |
| West Sussex | 34% | 1 | 508 | |
Crime rate ranking : 4. highest crime rate out of 9 regions
The total number of "theft from the person crime" is 7.0k, and this number has decreased by 7.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of April 2023 - March 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 April 2023 - March 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.
-7.1% annual change, crime is declining
7.0k crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeNumber of crime incidents by month from January 2011 to March 2024.
Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2019 till 2023.
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