"Figure 9: The volume of crime being dealt with by the police has increased over the last few years","" "England and Wales, year ending December 1981 to year ending September 2017","" "","" "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 - year ending December","Police recorded crime - year ending March","Police recorded crime - year ending Sept" "1981","2964","","" "1982","3262","","" "1983","3247","","" "1984","3499","","" "1985","3612","","" "1986","3847","","" "1987","3892","","" "1988","3716","","" "1989","3871","","" "1990","4544","","" "1991","5276","","" "1992","5592","","" "1993","5526","","" "1994","5253","","" "1995","5100","","" "1996","5037","","" "1997","4598","","" "1998","","","" "1999","","5109","" "2000","","5301","" "2001","","5171","" "2002","","5525","" "2003","","5975","" "2004","","6014","" "2005","","5638","" "2006","","5555","" "2007","","5428","" "2008","","4952","" "2009","","4703","" "2010","","4338","" "2011","","4151","" "2012","","4380","" "2013","","4064","" "2014","","4028","" "2015","","4167","" "","","","" "2016","","","4671" "2017","","","5331"