South East vehicle crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 4.5 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 83% as of August 2025.Vehicle crime makes up 4.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "vehicle crime" is 38.0k, and this number has decreased by 17.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of August 2024 - July 2025.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
4.5	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	5.4
83%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
4.8%	share of all crimes	5.3%
38.0k	crimes reported	304k
-17.9%	annual change	-13.4%

South East vehicle crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	98%	5	4599
Buckinghamshire	112%	6	4462
East Sussex	66%	4	2703
Hampshire	80%	4	7568
Isle of Wight	24%	1	176
Kent	91%	5	8149
Oxfordshire	68%	4	2453
Surrey	77%	4	4618
West Sussex	76%	4	3276

South East vehicle crime rate rank

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

South East vehicle crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "vehicle crime" is 38.0k, and this number has decreased by 17.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of August 2024 - July 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 August 2024 - July 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.

-17.9% annual change, crime is declining

38.0k crimes reported