South West other theft crime statistics

As of January 2026, the annual crime rate in South West region stands at 6.1 crimes per 1000 people. South West's current crime levels are at 91% of the national crime rate. Other theft crime makes up 6.6% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "other theft crime" is 32.1k, and this number has decreased by 0.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 2025.

South West other theft crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
South West region	crime statistic	England & Wales
6.1	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	6.7
91%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
6.6%	share of all crimes	6.6%
32.1k	crimes reported	376k
-0.9%	annual change	-9.3%

South West other theft crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Bristol	174%	12	5800
Cornwall	87%	6	3040
Devon	86%	6	6571
Dorset	74%	5	3635
Gloucestershire	83%	6	4545
Somerset	98%	7	5866
Wiltshire	62%	4	2627

South West other theft crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : South West region has the 3. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

South West other theft crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "other theft crime" is 32.1k, and this number has decreased by 0.9% 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.

-0.9% annual change, crime is declining

32.1k crimes reported