South West crime stats

December 2023

Most crimes, 117k crimes were violent crimes which is 35.1% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 63% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 14.8% over the last twelve months.South West crime statistics
Crime categoryShare of all crimesRanking (9 regions)% of national crime rateCrime volume% annual change
Violent crime →35.1%1. lowest63%117k-28.1%
Antisocial behaviour crime →17.9%1. lowest72%59.4k-34.5%
Public order crime →8.8%1. lowest68%29.3k-26.3%
Criminal damage and arson crime →8.2%1. lowest65%27.3k-31.6%
Shoplifting crime →7.6%1. lowest70%25.4k14.8%
Other theft crime →6.8%1. lowest53%22.7k-22.2%
Vehicle crime →5.1%1. lowest50%16.9k-14.7%
Burglary crime →3.9%1. lowest57%12.9k-23.0%
Other crime →1.5%1. lowest53%5.1k-25.7%
Drugs crime →1.5%1. lowest34%4.9k-43.3%
Bicycle theft crime →1.3%1. lowest73%4.3k-24.0%
Robbery crime →0.9%2. lowest44%3.0k2.9%
Theft from the person crime →0.7%1. lowest22%2.3k-3.8%
Possession of weapons crime →0.6%1. lowest44%2.1k-26.5%
Crime categoryShare of all crimesCrime rate ranking% of national crime rateCrime volume% annual change
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The category of "bicycle theft crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Bicycle theft crime" rate is at 73% of national crime rate which puts South West on 1. position out of 9 England's and Wales' regions in this crime category. "Bicycle theft crime" makes up 1.3% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "bicycle theft crime" is 4.3k cases and has decreased by 24% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2022 - November 2023.

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