Annual crime rate in South West region is 26.4, i.e. 26.4 crimes reported per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, South West's crime rate is at 82%. Violent crime makes up 29.1% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 138k, and this number has increased by 6.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2019 - February 2020.
26.4
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
82%
of national crime rate
29.1%
of all crimes
138k
crimes reported
6.5%
annual change
South West violent crime rate comparison map
March 2019 - February 2020
County
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
Bristol
104%
33
16539
Cornwall
72%
23
12009
Devon
85%
27
31362
Dorset
88%
28
20658
Gloucestershire
71%
23
18537
Somerset
79%
25
22767
Wiltshire
79%
26
16202
South West violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 26.4 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 1. lowest crime rate out of 10 England and Wales' regions.
1.
lowest crime rate out of 10 regions
26.4
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
South West violent crime rate compared to other regions
The total number of "violent crime" is 138k, and this number has increased by 6.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2019 - February 2020. 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 March 2019 - February 2020 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
26.4
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
138k
crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeCrime rate per 1000 workday people
South West violent crime rate
Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people
South West violent crime seasonality
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2015 till 2019.
