"Figure 14: The volume of police recorded crime has increased over recent years","" "England and Wales, year ending December 1981 to year ending March 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. From the year ending March 2012 onwards, police recorded crime data have included offences from additional sources of fraud data. 3. Some forces have revised their data and police recorded crime totals may not agree with those previously published. " "Unit","Number of offences (thousands)" "","" "","Police recorded crime (old counting rules) - year ending December","Police recorded crime (new counting rules) - year ending March","Police recorded crime (after NCRS) - year ending March" "Dec 81","2964","","" "Dec 82","3262","","" "Dec 83","3247","","" "Dec 84","3499","","" "Dec 85","3612","","" "Dec 86","3847","","" "Dec 87","3892","","" "Dec 88","3716","","" "Dec 89","3871","","" "Dec 90","4544","","" "Dec 91","5276","","" "Dec 92","5592","","" "Dec 93","5526","","" "Dec 94","5253","","" "Dec 95","5100","","" "Dec 96","5037","","" "Dec 97","4598","","" "Dec 98","","5109","" "Dec 99","","5301","" "Mar 01","","5171","" "Mar 02","","5525","" "Mar 03","","","5975" "Mar 04","","","6014" "Mar 05","","","5638" "Mar 06","","","5555" "Mar 07","","","5428" "Mar 08","","","4952" "Mar 09","","","4703" "Mar 10","","","4338" "Mar 11","","","4151" "Mar 12","","","4380" "Mar 13","","","4064" "Mar 14","","","4028" "Mar 15","","","4167" "Mar 16","","","4507" "Mar 17","","","4973" "Mar 18","","","5516"