South East violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 34.7 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 98% as of August 2025.Violent crime makes up 37.1% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 293k, and this number has decreased by 1.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of August 2024 - July 2025.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
34.7	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	35.4
98%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
37.1%	share of all crimes	34.5%
293k	crimes reported	2.0M
-1.6%	annual change	0.1%

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	27047
Buckinghamshire	99%	35	25653
East Sussex	99%	35	26649
Hampshire	104%	37	64305
Isle of Wight	117%	41	5590
Kent	119%	42	68940
Oxfordshire	83%	29	19470
Surrey	79%	28	30951
West Sussex	87%	31	24432

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 293k, and this number has decreased by 1.6% 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.

-1.6% annual change, crime is declining

293k crimes reported