South East vehicle crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 4.6 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 83% as of July 2025.Vehicle crime makes up 4.9% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "vehicle crime" is 38.5k, and this number has decreased by 17.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2024 - June 2025.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
4.6	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	5.5
83%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
4.9%	share of all crimes	5.4%
38.5k	crimes reported	308k
-17.8%	annual change	-12.7%

South East vehicle crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	97%	5	4604
Buckinghamshire	111%	6	4455
East Sussex	67%	4	2785
Hampshire	80%	4	7724
Isle of Wight	23%	1	172
Kent	92%	5	8326
Oxfordshire	67%	4	2452
Surrey	76%	4	4644
West Sussex	77%	4	3361

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 38.5k, and this number has decreased by 17.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2024 - June 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 July 2024 - June 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.

-17.8% annual change, crime is declining

38.5k crimes reported