South East violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South East region is 35.4 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South East's rate is at 103% as of July 2024.Violent crime makes up 36.9% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 300k, and this number has decreased by 5.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2023 - June 2024.

South East region	crime statistic	England & Wales
35.4	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	34.5
103%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
36.9%	share of all crimes	34.7%
300k	crimes reported	1.9M
-5.4%	annual change	-7.1%

South East violent crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Berkshire	94%	32	28130
Buckinghamshire	102%	35	25743
East Sussex	104%	36	27305
Hampshire	105%	36	63103
Isle of Wight	118%	41	5510
Kent	131%	45	74499
Oxfordshire	87%	30	19808
Surrey	78%	27	29919
West Sussex	93%	32	25521

South East violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 4. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

South East violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 300k, and this number has decreased by 5.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2023 - June 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 July 2023 - June 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.

-5.4% annual change, crime is declining

300k crimes reported