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 regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
2.9 annual crime rate per 1k workday people3.2
91% ratio of national crime rate100%
3.1% share of all crimes3.1%
24.5k crimes reported179k
12.4% annual change16.3%

South East drugs crime rate comparison map

South East drugs crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Berkshire83%32318
Buckinghamshire79%31865
East Sussex93%32252
Hampshire87%34872
Isle of Wight84%3366
Kent117%46190
Oxfordshire88%31867
Surrey81%32869
West Sussex76%21922

South East drugs crime rate rank

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

South East drugs crime rate rank

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

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

South East drugs crime volume

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

South East drugs crime volume

South East drugs crime rate

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

South East drugs crime rate

South East 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.

South East drugs crime seasonality

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