South West violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in South West region is 35.3 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, South West's rate is at 101% as of July 2025.Violent crime makes up 38.0% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 185k, and this number has increased by 10.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2024 - June 2025.

South West regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
35.3 annual crime rate per 1k workday people35.1
101% ratio of national crime rate100%
38.0% share of all crimes34.4%
185k crimes reported2.0M
10.8% annual change-0.5%

South West violent crime rate comparison map

South West violent crime rate comparison map
CountyCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
Bristol145%5125261
Cornwall93%3316996
Devon101%3640770
Dorset77%2719674
Gloucestershire97%3427804
Somerset115%4036215
Wiltshire82%2918186

South West violent crime rate rank

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

South West violent crime rate rank

South West violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 185k, and this number has increased by 10.8% 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.

+10.8% annual change, crime is increasing

185k crimes reported

South West violent crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

South West violent crime volume

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

South West violent crime volume

South West violent crime rate

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

South West violent crime rate

South West violent 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 violent crime seasonality

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