South East drugs crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 2.9 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 90% as of May 2025.Drugs crime makes up 3.1% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "drugs crime" is 24.8k, and this number has increased by 14.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2024 - May 2025.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
2.9	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	3.3
90%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
3.1%	share of all crimes	3.2%
24.8k	crimes reported	183k
14.1%	annual change	18.4%

South East drugs crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	83%	3	2349
Buckinghamshire	80%	3	1916
East Sussex	93%	3	2311
Hampshire	86%	3	4900
Isle of Wight	83%	3	368
Kent	116%	4	6245
Oxfordshire	85%	3	1848
Surrey	81%	3	2929
West Sussex	75%	2	1953

South East drugs crime rate rank

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

South East drugs crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "drugs crime" is 24.8k, and this number has increased by 14.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2024 - May 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 June 2024 - May 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.

+14.1% annual change, crime is increasing

24.8k crimes reported