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Crime Rates in South West, region

Crime Rate
per 1000 residents

85.6 crimes

Last updated: 04.03.2026

Annual total crime rate in South West, region is 85.6 crimes per thousand resident population.

Crime rates in South West (region) by type

Crime type	Rate	Score
Violence and sexual offences	33.5
Anti-social behaviour	15
Shoplifting	6.66
Public order	6.55
Criminal damage and arson	6.52
Other theft	5.67
Vehicle crime	2.89
Burglary	2.77
Drugs	1.95
Other crime	1.66
Robbery	0.754
Possession of weapons	0.678
Bicycle theft	0.668
Theft from the person	0.356

Feb 2025 - Jan 2026

Above are annual crime rates in South West (region) by crime type.

The figures represent the number of annual crimes of a certain type per thousand resident population in South West (region).

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Number of annual crimes per 1000 resident population

Borough name	Crime Rate
1. Isles of Scilly	39 low
2. West Devon	46.6 low
3. South Hams	48.8 low
4. East Devon	50.1 low
5. Dorset	55.4 low
6. Torridge	56.2 low
7. Cotswold	59.5 low
8. Mid Devon	61.1 low
9. Wiltshire	62.1 low
10. Teignbridge	63 low
11. Forest of Dean	65.4 low
12. Tewkesbury	65.4 low
13. Stroud	68.3 low
14. Cornwall	74.9 low
15. North Devon	75.3 low
16. South Gloucestershire	78.7 low
17. Bath and North East Somerset	85.6 low
18. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	87.4 low
19. Swindon	87.8 low
20. North Somerset	88.4 low
21. Somerset	90.3 low
22. Cheltenham	107 medium
23. Torbay	108 medium
24. Plymouth	112 medium
25. Exeter	119 medium
26. Gloucester	142 high
27. Bristol, City of	149 high

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

Feb 2025 - Jan 2026