South East vehicle crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 5.6 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 93% as of May 2024. Vehicle crime makes up 5.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "vehicle crime" is 47.3k, and this number has decreased by 6.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of April 2023 - March 2024.

South East vehicle crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	118%	7	6159
Buckinghamshire	122%	7	5398
East Sussex	75%	5	3446
Hampshire	90%	5	9525
Isle of Wight	25%	2	205
Kent	97%	6	9578
Oxfordshire	75%	5	2989
Surrey	95%	6	6362
West Sussex	77%	5	3683

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
5.6	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	6
93%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
5.8%	share of all crimes	6.0%
47.3k	crimes reported	337k
-6.5%	annual change	-9.7%

South East vehicle crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 3. lowest crime rate out of 8 regions

South East vehicle crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "vehicle crime" is 47.3k, and this number has decreased by 6.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of April 2023 - March 2024. 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 2023 - March 2024 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.

-6.5% annual change, crime is declining

47.3k crimes reported