East of England drugs crime statistics

Annual crime rate in East of England region is 2.6 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, East of England's rate is at 80% as of May 2025.Drugs crime makes up 2.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "drugs crime" is 14.6k, and this number has increased by 4.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of May 2024 - April 2025.

East of England regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
2.6 annual crime rate per 1k workday people3.2
80% ratio of national crime rate100%
2.8% share of all crimes3.1%
14.6k crimes reported179k
4.1% annual change16.3%

East of England drugs crime rate comparison map

East of England drugs crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Bedfordshire93%31782
Cambridgeshire68%21816
Essex111%45729
Hertfordshire65%22222
Norfolk64%21703
Suffolk57%21336

East of England drugs crime rate rank

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

East of England drugs crime rate rank

East of England drugs crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "drugs crime" is 14.6k, and this number has increased by 4.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of May 2024 - April 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 May 2024 - April 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.

+4.1% annual change, crime is increasing

14.6k crimes reported

East of England drugs crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

East of England drugs crime volume

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

East of England drugs crime volume

East of England drugs crime rate

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

East of England drugs crime rate

East of England drugs 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.

East of England drugs crime seasonality

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