South East violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 34.6 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 99% as of February 2025.Violent crime makes up 36.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 292k, and this number has decreased by 5.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2024 - December 2024.

South East regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
34.6 annual crime rate per 1k workday people35
99% ratio of national crime rate100%
36.8% share of all crimes34.1%
292k crimes reported2.0M
-5.3% annual change-2.9%

South East violent crime rate comparison map

South East violent crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Berkshire90%3127303
Buckinghamshire99%3525356
East Sussex98%3425926
Hampshire105%3764195
Isle of Wight119%425628
Kent122%4370480
Oxfordshire83%2919302
Surrey76%2729681
West Sussex88%3124428

South East violent crime rate rank

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

South East violent crime rate rank

South East violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 292k, and this number has decreased by 5.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2024 - December 2024. 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 January 2024 - December 2024 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.

-5.3% annual change, crime is declining

292k crimes reported

South East violent crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

South East violent crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to December 2024.

South East violent crime volume

South East violent crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

South East violent crime rate

South East violent crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

South East violent crime seasonality

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