South East vehicle crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 4.9 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 83% as of March 2025.Vehicle crime makes up 5.3% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "vehicle crime" is 41.1k, and this number has decreased by 14.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2024 - February 2025.

South East regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
4.9 annual crime rate per 1k workday people5.8
83% ratio of national crime rate100%
5.3% share of all crimes5.7%
41.1k crimes reported326k
-14.4% annual change-8.5%

South East vehicle crime rate comparison map

South East vehicle crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Berkshire97%64919
Buckinghamshire113%74831
East Sussex66%42927
Hampshire82%58399
Isle of Wight24%1187
Kent96%69232
Oxfordshire69%42652
Surrey75%44832
West Sussex68%43160

South East vehicle crime rate rank

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

South East vehicle crime rate rank

South East vehicle crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "vehicle crime" is 41.1k, and this number has decreased by 14.4% 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.

-14.4% annual change, crime is declining

41.1k crimes reported

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

South East vehicle crime volume

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

South East vehicle crime volume

South East vehicle crime rate

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

South East vehicle crime rate

South East vehicle 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 vehicle crime seasonality

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