Victims of Crime

Overall crime is falling but some crimes such as theft from the person are increasing

Presents the most recent crime statistics from the Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime.

John Flatley, Head of Crime Statistics at the Office for National Statistics, talks about the sources of ONS's Crime Statistics, including their benefits and limitations.

Contains the main detailed reference tables presenting full time series data and offence type breakdowns. The data contained in these tables are from three sources: the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), Home Office police recorded crime and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB). They show the incidence, prevalence, victimisation rates and percentage changes from the previous year for CSEW crime, the number of crimes and percentage change from the previous year recorded by the police and incidents of fraud recorded by the NFIB. The appendix tables accompany the release 'Crime in England and Wales, year ending December 2012' published by the Office for National Statistics on 25th April 2013.

Contains crime and perceptions data broken down by police force area. The data contained in these tables are from two sources: Home Office police recorded crime and the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW). They show the number of police recorded crimes, including percentage change from the previous year and rate per 1,000 population by offence group and police force area, and local attitudes towards the police measured by the CSEW. They accompany the release 'Crime in England and Wales, year ending December 2012' published by the Office for National Statistics on 25th April 2013.

The figures presented here are from the 2011/12 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW). Since January 2009 the CSEW has asked children aged 10 to 15 resident in households in England and Wales about their experience of crime in the previous 12 months. Refinements to the questions and definitions used in the questionnaire mean that direct comparisons between years and between adult and child data cannot be made. The Children aged 10 to 15 Nature of Crime tables include data on where and when incidents happened, information about offenders, the victim's perception of the incident, whether the incident was reported, whether injuries were sustained or weapons were used in violent incidents and what items were stolen in theft related incidents.

PDF download of the Technical Report for the 2011/12 Crime Survey for England and Wales - Volume 1

PDF download of Crime Survey for England and Wales 2011 to 2012, Adult Questionnaire

Summarises the journey over the last two years

PDF download of the Crime Survey for England and Wales 2012-13 Questionnaire

This article is published as part of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Measuring National Well-being Programme and discusses the well-being of children. The Programme aims to produce accepted and trusted measures of the well-being of the nation - how the UK as a whole is doing. The Programme is also publishing more in depth analyses.

PDF download: National Statistician's Review of Crime Statistics in England and Wales, June 2011, reviewing gaps in crime statistics, advising which body should assume future responsibility for publication, and overseeing implementation of the recommendations in the report ‘Overcoming Barriers to Trust in Crime Statistics: England and Wales’

Survey Methodology Bulletin No. 37 July 1995