South East violent crime statistics

As of April 2024, annual crime rate in South East region is 36.4 crimes per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 103%. Violent crime makes up 37.5% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 308k, and this number has decreased by 3.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2023 - February 2024.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
36.4	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	35.4
103%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
37.5%	share of all crimes	34.6%
308k	crimes reported	2.0M
-3.8%	annual change	-5.5%

South East violent crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	96%	34	29600
Buckinghamshire	103%	37	26852
East Sussex	102%	36	27373
Hampshire	106%	38	65868
Isle of Wight	119%	42	5714
Kent	131%	47	76528
Oxfordshire	87%	31	20510
Surrey	75%	27	29519
West Sussex	91%	32	25621

South East violent crime rate rank

Violent crime rate is 36.4 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum.

Crime rate ranking : 3. lowest crime rate out of 8 regions

South East violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 308k, and this number has decreased by 3.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2023 - February 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 March 2023 - February 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.

-3.8% annual change, crime is declining

308k crimes reported