South East vehicle crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 4.7 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 84% as of May 2025.Vehicle crime makes up 5.1% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "vehicle crime" is 40.1k, and this number has decreased by 14.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of May 2024 - April 2025.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
4.7	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	5.7
84%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
5.1%	share of all crimes	5.5%
40.1k	crimes reported	317k
-14.7%	annual change	-10.3%

South East vehicle crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	95%	5	4680
Buckinghamshire	113%	6	4686
East Sussex	71%	4	3033
Hampshire	81%	5	8053
Isle of Wight	24%	1	188
Kent	94%	5	8763
Oxfordshire	69%	4	2573
Surrey	74%	4	4655
West Sussex	76%	4	3420

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 40.1k, and this number has decreased by 14.7% 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.

-14.7% annual change, crime is declining

40.1k crimes reported