Annual crime rate in South West region is 1.7 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South West's rate is at 83% as of December 2024.Other crime makes up 1.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "other crime" is 8.9k, and this number has increased by 31.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2023 - October 2024.
| South West region | crime statistic | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | annual crime rate per 1k workday people | 2 |
| 83% | ratio of national crime rate | 100% |
| 1.8% | share of all crimes | 2.0% |
| 8.9k | crimes reported | 114k |
| 31.7% | annual change | 8.5% |
| County | Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate | Crime rate per 1000 workday people | Total number of crimes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 102% | 2 | 1033 | |
| Cornwall | 76% | 2 | 800 | |
| Devon | 94% | 2 | 2206 | |
| Dorset | 39% | 1 | 580 | |
| Gloucestershire | 107% | 2 | 1781 | |
| Somerset | 81% | 2 | 1469 | |
| Wiltshire | 80% | 2 | 1034 | |
Crime rate ranking : 2. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions
The total number of "other crime" is 8.9k, and this number has increased by 31.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2023 - October 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 November 2023 - October 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.
+31.7% annual change, crime is increasing
8.9k crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeNumber of crime incidents by month from January 2011 to October 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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