South East burglary crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 3.2 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 79% as of May 2025.Burglary crime makes up 3.4% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "burglary crime" is 26.8k, and this number has decreased by 11.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of May 2024 - April 2025.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
3.2	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	4
79%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
3.4%	share of all crimes	3.9%
26.8k	crimes reported	223k
-11.7%	annual change	-8.2%

South East burglary crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	78%	3	2703
Buckinghamshire	81%	3	2355
East Sussex	80%	3	2411
Hampshire	87%	3	6084
Isle of Wight	51%	2	274
Kent	83%	3	5424
Oxfordshire	74%	3	1958
Surrey	71%	3	3127
West Sussex	77%	3	2431

South East burglary crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 3. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

South East burglary crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "burglary crime" is 26.8k, and this number has decreased by 11.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of May 2024 - April 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 May 2024 - April 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.

-11.7% annual change, crime is declining

26.8k crimes reported