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 33% as of May 2025.Theft from the person crime makes up 0.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "theft from the person crime" is 6.4k, and this number has decreased by 7.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of May 2024 - April 2025.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
0.8	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	2.3
33%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
0.8%	share of all crimes	2.3%
6.4k	crimes reported	130k
-7.8%	annual change	10.0%

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	56%	1	1128
Buckinghamshire	36%	1	614
East Sussex	42%	1	740
Hampshire	25%	1	1024
Isle of Wight	18%	0	56
Kent	26%	1	983
Oxfordshire	54%	1	826
Surrey	22%	1	565
West Sussex	28%	1	512

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

The total number of "theft from the person crime" is 6.4k, and this number has decreased by 7.8% 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.

-7.8% annual change, crime is declining

6.4k crimes reported