South West possession of weapons crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South West region is 0.7 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South West's rate is at 77% as of November 2024.Possession of weapons crime makes up 0.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 3.7k, and this number has increased by 22.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of October 2023 - September 2024.

South West region	crime statistic	England & Wales
0.7	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	0.9
77%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
0.8%	share of all crimes	0.9%
3.7k	crimes reported	51.5k
22.8%	annual change	-0.0%

South West possession of weapons crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Bristol	107%	1	491
Cornwall	80%	1	383
Devon	109%	1	1149
Dorset	58%	1	391
Gloucestershire	66%	1	496
Somerset	54%	0	445
Wiltshire	64%	1	372

South West possession of weapons crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 3. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

South West possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 3.7k, and this number has increased by 22.8% 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.

+22.8% annual change, crime is increasing

3.7k crimes reported