South West drugs crime statistics

As of December 2025, the annual crime rate in South West region stands at 2.1 crimes per 1000 people. South West's current crime levels are at 61% of the national crime rate. Drugs crime makes up 2.3% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "drugs crime" is 11.2k, and this number has increased by 16.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 2025.

South West drugs crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
South West region	crime statistic	England & Wales
2.1	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	3.5
61%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
2.3%	share of all crimes	3.5%
11.2k	crimes reported	197k
16.7%	annual change	20.5%

South West drugs crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Bristol	101%	4	1759
Cornwall	50%	2	909
Devon	81%	3	3260
Dorset	39%	1	1015
Gloucestershire	57%	2	1630
Somerset	42%	1	1308
Wiltshire	59%	2	1323

South West drugs crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : South West region has the 1. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

South West drugs crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "drugs crime" is 11.2k, and this number has increased by 16.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 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 December 2024 - November 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.

+16.7% annual change, crime is increasing

11.2k crimes reported