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 91% as of May 2025.Drugs crime makes up 3.1% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "drugs crime" is 24.5k, and this number has increased by 12.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of May 2024 - April 2025.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
2.9	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	3.2
91%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
3.1%	share of all crimes	3.1%
24.5k	crimes reported	179k
12.4%	annual change	16.3%

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	2318
Buckinghamshire	79%	3	1865
East Sussex	93%	3	2252
Hampshire	87%	3	4872
Isle of Wight	84%	3	366
Kent	117%	4	6190
Oxfordshire	88%	3	1867
Surrey	81%	3	2869
West Sussex	76%	2	1922

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 24.5k, and this number has increased by 12.4% 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.

+12.4% annual change, crime is increasing

24.5k crimes reported