South West possession of weapons crime statistics

As of January 2026, the annual crime rate in South West region stands at 0.7 crimes per 1000 people. South West's current crime levels are at 75% of the national crime rate. Possession of weapons crime makes up 0.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 3.8k, and this number has increased by 0.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 2025.

South West possession of weapons crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
South West region	crime statistic	England & Wales
0.7	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	1
75%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
0.8%	share of all crimes	1.0%
3.8k	crimes reported	54.3k
0.4%	annual change	5.1%

South West possession of weapons crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Bristol	82%	1	393
Cornwall	84%	1	425
Devon	105%	1	1171
Dorset	49%	0	347
Gloucestershire	73%	1	582
Somerset	54%	1	470
Wiltshire	72%	1	445

South West possession of weapons crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : South West region has the 2. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

South West possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 3.8k, and this number has increased by 0.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 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 January 2025 - December 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.

+0.4% annual change, crime is increasing

3.8k crimes reported