South East vehicle crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 5.3 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 86% as of November 2024.Vehicle crime makes up 5.7% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "vehicle crime" is 45.2k, and this number has decreased by 10.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of October 2023 - September 2024.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
5.3	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	6.2
86%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
5.7%	share of all crimes	6.0%
45.2k	crimes reported	346k
-10.7%	annual change	-5.8%

South East vehicle crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	106%	7	5693
Buckinghamshire	114%	7	5174
East Sussex	70%	4	3267
Hampshire	85%	5	9221
Isle of Wight	24%	1	200
Kent	96%	6	9804
Oxfordshire	68%	4	2772
Surrey	83%	5	5681
West Sussex	69%	4	3384

South East vehicle crime rate rank

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

South East vehicle crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "vehicle crime" is 45.2k, and this number has decreased by 10.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of October 2023 - September 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 October 2023 - September 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.

-10.7% annual change, crime is declining

45.2k crimes reported