"Figure 2: Selected police recorded crime offences in England and Wales and percentage change between year ending March 2015 and year ending March 2016^1^","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics." "Unit","Recorded offences" "","" "Period","Apr '14 to Mar '15","Apr '15 to Mar '16" "Violence against the person +27%","780026","994444" "Fraud offences +5%","593113","621017" "Criminal damage and arson +7%","503877","539909" "Vehicle offences +4%","351421","366715" "Shoplifting +3%","326527","336708" "Sexual offences +21%","88238","106378" "Theft from the person +6%","78810","83315"