South East possession of weapons crime statistics

As of December 2025, the annual crime rate in South East region stands at 1 crimes per 1000 people. South East's current crime levels are at 106% of the national crime rate. Possession of weapons crime makes up 1.1% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 8.6k, and this number has decreased by 0.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 2025.

South East possession of weapons crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
1	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	1
106%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
1.1%	share of all crimes	0.9%
8.6k	crimes reported	53.6k
-0.1%	annual change	3.3%

South East possession of weapons crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	58%	1	481
Buckinghamshire	58%	1	408
East Sussex	141%	1	1023
Hampshire	138%	1	2309
Isle of Wight	107%	1	139
Kent	112%	1	1760
Oxfordshire	61%	1	389
Surrey	74%	1	782
West Sussex	174%	2	1323

South East possession of weapons crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : South East region has the 5. highest crime rate out of 9 regions

South East possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 8.6k, and this number has decreased by 0.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 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 December 2024 - November 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.

-0.1% annual change, crime is declining

8.6k crimes reported