South East other theft crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 6.6 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 93% as of April 2025.Other theft crime makes up 7.1% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "other theft crime" is 56.2k, and this number has decreased by 5.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of April 2024 - March 2025.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
6.6	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	7.1
93%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
7.1%	share of all crimes	7.0%
56.2k	crimes reported	400k
-5.4%	annual change	-10.4%

South East other theft crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	92%	7	5723
Buckinghamshire	104%	7	5431
East Sussex	101%	7	5496
Hampshire	84%	6	10557
Isle of Wight	73%	5	705
Kent	106%	8	12502
Oxfordshire	90%	6	4273
Surrey	80%	6	6370
West Sussex	90%	6	5134

South East other theft crime rate rank

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

South East other theft crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "other theft crime" is 56.2k, and this number has decreased by 5.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of April 2024 - March 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 April 2024 - March 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.

-5.4% annual change, crime is declining

56.2k crimes reported