South West violent crime statistics

As of December 2025, the annual crime rate in South West region stands at 36 crimes per 1000 people. South West's current crime levels are at 101% of the national crime rate. Violent crime makes up 38.9% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 188k, and this number has increased by 1.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 2025.

South West violent crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
South West region	crime statistic	England & Wales
36	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	35.5
101%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
38.9%	share of all crimes	35.1%
188k	crimes reported	2.0M
1.6%	annual change	0.8%

South West violent crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Bristol	145%	51	25551
Cornwall	98%	35	18021
Devon	104%	37	42147
Dorset	73%	26	18961
Gloucestershire	98%	35	28359
Somerset	114%	41	36322
Wiltshire	84%	30	19025

South West violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : South West region has the 4. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

South West violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 188k, and this number has increased by 1.6% 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.

+1.6% annual change, crime is increasing

188k crimes reported