South East other crime statistics

As of January 2026, the annual crime rate in South East region stands at 2.1 crimes per 1000 people. South East's current crime levels are at 96% of the national crime rate. Other crime makes up 2.3% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "other crime" is 18.0k, and this number has decreased by 0.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 2025.

South East other crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
2.1	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	2.2
96%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
2.3%	share of all crimes	2.2%
18.0k	crimes reported	124k
-0.7%	annual change	3.9%

South East other crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	74%	2	1424
Buckinghamshire	85%	2	1372
East Sussex	104%	2	1740
Hampshire	73%	2	2842
Isle of Wight	73%	2	218
Kent	142%	3	5168
Oxfordshire	64%	1	942
Surrey	110%	2	2698
West Sussex	92%	2	1623

South East other crime rate rank

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

South East other crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "other crime" is 18.0k, and this number has decreased by 0.7% 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.

-0.7% annual change, crime is declining

18.0k crimes reported