South East violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 34.5 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 99% as of May 2025.Violent crime makes up 36.9% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 292k, and this number has decreased by 3% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2024 - May 2025.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
34.5	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	34.9
99%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
36.9%	share of all crimes	34.3%
292k	crimes reported	2.0M
-3.0%	annual change	-1.2%

South East violent crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	88%	31	26777
Buckinghamshire	99%	34	25244
East Sussex	98%	34	26101
Hampshire	106%	37	65064
Isle of Wight	121%	42	5735
Kent	120%	42	69016
Oxfordshire	83%	29	19197
Surrey	78%	27	30148
West Sussex	88%	31	24268

South East violent crime rate rank

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

South East violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 292k, and this number has decreased by 3% when compared year-over-year in the period of June 2024 - May 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 June 2024 - May 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.

-3.0% annual change, crime is declining

292k crimes reported