Crime and justice

Crime levels and trends based primarily on the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and police recorded crime data.

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Crime in England and Wales: year ending June 2025

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  • Around 9.3 million incidents of CSEW headline crime - there was no statistically significant change compared with the YE June 2024 survey (9.2 million incidents); CSEW headline crime includes theft, robbery, criminal damage, fraud, computer misuse, and violence with or without injury
  • There was a 14% increase in fraud (to around 4.1 million incidents) because of a 19% rise in bank and credit account fraud (to around 2.5 million incidents)
  • Computer misuse decreased by 30% (to around 663,000 incidents) compared with last year's survey
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Domestic abuse in England and Wales overview: November 2025

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  • The Crime Survey for England and Wales estimated that approximately 3.8 million people (7.8%) aged 16 years and over experienced domestic abuse in the survey year ending (YE) March 2025.
  • An estimated 2.2 million females (9.1%) and 1.5 million males (6.5%) experienced domestic abuse in the last year.
  • There was no statistically significant change in the prevalence of domestic abuse experienced in the last year, compared with the previous year; comparisons cannot be made before YE March 2024 because of the introduction of new survey questions to measure domestic abuse.
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Abuse during childhood in England and Wales

Estimates on prevalence and type of abuse experienced during childhood, based on findings of people aged 18 years and over from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).

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Datasets related to Crime and justice

  • Nature of crime: personal and other theft

    When incidents happened, where it took place, the victim’s perception of the incident, and what items were stolen. Annual data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).

  • Nature of crime: criminal damage

    When incidents happened, information about offenders, the victim’s perception of the incident, and what items were damaged. Annual data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).

  • Nature of crime: bicycle theft

    When incidents happened, where it took place, the victim's perception of the incident, and the cost of items stolen. Annual data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).

  • Nature of crime: other household theft

    When incidents happened, information about offenders, the victim’s perception of the incident, and what items were stolen. Annual data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).

  • Nature of crime: fraud and computer misuse

    Annual data on the nature of fraud and computer misuse offences. Data for the year ending March 2021 and March 2022 are from the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW).

  • Nature of crime: violence

    Annual data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), including when and where incidents happened and the victim's perception of the incident.

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