South West possession of weapons crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South West region is 0.7 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South West's rate is at 77% as of July 2025.Possession of weapons crime makes up 0.8% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 3.7k, and this number has increased by 5.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2024 - June 2025.

South West regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
0.7 annual crime rate per 1k workday people0.9
77% ratio of national crime rate100%
0.8% share of all crimes0.9%
3.7k crimes reported51.9k
5.6% annual change0.4%

South West possession of weapons crime rate comparison map

South West possession of weapons crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Bristol91%1418
Cornwall88%1422
Devon106%11128
Dorset53%0358
Gloucestershire66%1502
Somerset57%1472
Wiltshire73%1428

South West possession of weapons crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 2. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

South West possession of weapons crime rate rank

South West possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 3.7k, and this number has increased by 5.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2024 - June 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 July 2024 - June 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.

+5.6% annual change, crime is increasing

3.7k crimes reported

South West possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

South West possession of weapons crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to June 2025.

South West possession of weapons crime volume

South West possession of weapons crime rate

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

South West possession of weapons crime rate

South West possession of weapons 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 West possession of weapons crime seasonality

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