South East theft from the person crime statistics

As of January 2026, the annual crime rate in South East region stands at 0.6 crimes per 1000 people. South East's current crime levels are at 30% of the national crime rate. Theft from the person crime makes up 0.6% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "theft from the person crime" is 5.1k, and this number has decreased by 27.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 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
30%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
0.6%	share of all crimes	2.0%
5.1k	crimes reported	112k
-27.7%	annual change	-15.9%

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	790
Buckinghamshire	31%	1	450
East Sussex	44%	1	664
Hampshire	23%	0	802
Isle of Wight	20%	0	55
Kent	24%	0	775
Oxfordshire	46%	1	616
Surrey	24%	0	540
West Sussex	24%	0	387

South East theft from the person crime rate rank

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

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

The total number of "theft from the person crime" is 5.1k, and this number has decreased by 27.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 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 January 2025 - December 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.

-27.7% annual change, crime is declining

5.1k crimes reported