South East violent crime statistics

Last updated: 12 May 2024

Annual crime rate in South East region is 36.1 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 103% as of May 2024.Violent crime makes up 37.3% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 305k, and this number has decreased by 4.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of April 2023 - March 2024.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
36.1	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	34.9
103%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
37.3%	share of all crimes	34.7%
305k	crimes reported	2.0M
-4.5%	annual change	-6.8%

South East violent crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	96%	33	28923
Buckinghamshire	103%	36	26385
East Sussex	103%	36	27380
Hampshire	106%	37	64983
Isle of Wight	119%	41	5605
Kent	133%	46	76327
Oxfordshire	87%	31	20229
Surrey	77%	27	29697
West Sussex	92%	32	25587

South East violent crime rate rank

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

South East violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 305k, and this number has decreased by 4.5% 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.

-4.5% annual change, crime is declining

305k crimes reported