South West drugs crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South West region is 2 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South West's rate is at 62% as of May 2025.Drugs crime makes up 2.2% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "drugs crime" is 10.6k, and this number has increased by 27.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2024 - May 2025.

South West regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
2 annual crime rate per 1k workday people3.3
62% ratio of national crime rate100%
2.2% share of all crimes3.2%
10.6k crimes reported183k
27.8% annual change18.4%

South West drugs crime rate comparison map

South West drugs crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Bristol80%31294
Cornwall59%2996
Devon95%33566
Dorset38%1909
Gloucestershire56%21498
Somerset38%11124
Wiltshire58%21212

South West drugs crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 1. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

South West drugs crime rate rank

South West drugs crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "drugs crime" is 10.6k, and this number has increased by 27.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2024 - May 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 June 2024 - May 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.

+27.8% annual change, crime is increasing

10.6k crimes reported

South West drugs crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

South West drugs crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to May 2025.

South West drugs crime volume

South West drugs crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

South West drugs crime rate

South West drugs crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

South West drugs crime seasonality

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