South East theft from the person crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 0.8 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 39% as of July 2024.Theft from the person crime makes up 0.9% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "theft from the person crime" is 7.1k, and this number has decreased by 4.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2023 - May 2024.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
0.8	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	2.1
39%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
0.9%	share of all crimes	2.1%
7.1k	crimes reported	120k
-4.5%	annual change	13.4%

South East theft from the person crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	69%	1	1282
Buckinghamshire	52%	1	808
East Sussex	49%	1	802
Hampshire	29%	1	1068
Isle of Wight	25%	1	73
Kent	29%	1	1017
Oxfordshire	70%	2	999
Surrey	21%	0	496
West Sussex	31%	1	525

South East theft from the person crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "theft from the person crime" is 7.1k, and this number has decreased by 4.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2023 - May 2024. 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 June 2023 - May 2024 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.

-4.5% annual change, crime is declining

7.1k crimes reported