"Figure 1: After long-term falls seen since the mid-1990s, overall crime estimates have changed little in recent years","" "England and Wales, year ending December 1981 to year ending December 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. CSEW data relate to adults aged 16 years and over. 2. New victimisation questions on fraud and computer misuse were added to the CSEW from October 2015. The questions were asked of half the survey sample initially and have been asked of the full sample since October 2017. These offences need to be excluded when looking at changes over the long-term to make figures comparable." "Unit","Number of offences (thousands)" "","" "","CSEW estimates excluding fraud and computer misuse","CSEW estimate excluding fraud and computer misuse year end December","CSEW estimate including fraud and computer misuse year end December","CSEW estimates including fraud and computer misuse year ending March 2017" "Dec 81","11303","","","" "Dec 82","","","","" "Dec 83","12128","","","" "Dec 84","","","","" "Dec 85","","","","" "Dec 86","","","","" "Dec 87","13647","","","" "Dec 88","","","","" "Dec 89","","","","" "Dec 90","","","","" "Dec 91","15564","","","" "Dec 92","","","","" "Dec 93","18835","","","" "Dec 94","","","","" "Dec 95","19786","","","" "Dec 96","","","","" "Dec 97","17168","","","" "Dec 98","","","","" "Dec 99","15247","","","" "Dec 00","","","","" "Mar 01","","","","" "Mar 02","12771","","","" "Mar 03","12390","","","" "Mar 04","11609","","","" "Mar 05","10778","","","" "Mar 06","10863","","","" "Mar 07","11182","","","" "Mar 08","10040","","","" "Mar 09","10432","","","" "Mar 10","9544","","","" "Mar 11","9711","","","" "Mar 12","9593","","","" "Mar 13","8757","","","" "Mar 14","7554","","","" "Mar 15","7177","","","" "Mar 16","6529","","","" "Mar 17","6057","","","11216" "","","","","" "Dec 18","","6416","11041","" "Dec 19","","5821","10446",""