South East other crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 2.1 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 97% as of December 2025.Other crime makes up 2.3% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "other crime" is 18.2k, and this number has increased by 1.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 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
97%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
2.3%	share of all crimes	2.2%
18.2k	crimes reported	124k
1.5%	annual change	5.6%

South East other crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	71%	2	1365
Buckinghamshire	85%	2	1371
East Sussex	105%	2	1756
Hampshire	75%	2	2891
Isle of Wight	78%	2	232
Kent	145%	3	5271
Oxfordshire	64%	1	933
Surrey	110%	2	2693
West Sussex	94%	2	1641

South East other crime rate rank

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

South East other crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "other crime" is 18.2k, and this number has increased by 1.5% 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.

+1.5% annual change, crime is increasing

18.2k crimes reported