South West public order crime statistics

As of December 2025, the annual crime rate in South West region stands at 7.1 crimes per 1000 people. South West's current crime levels are at 102% of the national crime rate. Public order crime makes up 7.7% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "public order crime" is 37.4k, and this number has decreased by 1% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 2025.

South West public order crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
South West region	crime statistic	England & Wales
7.1	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	7
102%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
7.7%	share of all crimes	6.9%
37.4k	crimes reported	393k
-1.0%	annual change	-4.2%

South West public order crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Bristol	212%	15	7363
Cornwall	70%	5	2544
Devon	75%	5	6057
Dorset	57%	4	2919
Gloucestershire	101%	7	5773
Somerset	139%	10	8719
Wiltshire	91%	6	4038

South West public order crime rate rank

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

South West public order crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "public order crime" is 37.4k, and this number has decreased by 1% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 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 December 2024 - November 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.

-1.0% annual change, crime is declining

37.4k crimes reported