South East theft from the person crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 0.6 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 30% as of December 2025.Theft from the person crime makes up 0.7% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "theft from the person crime" is 5.2k, and this number has decreased by 26.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 2025.

South East theft from the person crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
0.6	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	2.1
30%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
0.7%	share of all crimes	2.0%
5.2k	crimes reported	115k
-26.6%	annual change	-12.7%

South East theft from the person crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	46%	1	818
Buckinghamshire	31%	1	471
East Sussex	42%	1	658
Hampshire	23%	0	822
Isle of Wight	21%	0	59
Kent	23%	0	777
Oxfordshire	47%	1	643
Surrey	24%	0	538
West Sussex	25%	1	408

South East theft from the person crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "theft from the person crime" is 5.2k, and this number has decreased by 26.6% 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.

-26.6% annual change, crime is declining

5.2k crimes reported