South East other crime statistics

As of February 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 95% 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 17.6k, and this number has decreased by 5% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2025 - January 2026.

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
95%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
2.3%	share of all crimes	2.2%
17.6k	crimes reported	123k
-5.0%	annual change	1.1%

South East other crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	76%	2	1449
Buckinghamshire	85%	2	1366
East Sussex	95%	2	1582
Hampshire	73%	2	2808
Isle of Wight	79%	2	235
Kent	141%	3	5094
Oxfordshire	67%	1	966
Surrey	110%	2	2680
West Sussex	84%	2	1460

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 17.6k, and this number has decreased by 5% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2025 - January 2026. 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 February 2025 - January 2026 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.

-5.0% annual change, crime is declining

17.6k crimes reported