"Figure 6: Crime Survey for England and Wales shows long-term reductions in violent crime but little change in recent years","" "England and Wales, year ending December 1981 to year ending September 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Following a methodological change to the handling of repeat victimisation in the CSEW, these data are not comparable with data published in previous releases. For more information see [Improving victimisation estimates derived from the Crime Survey for England and Wales](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/improvingvictimisationestimatesderivedfromthecrimesurveyforenglandandwales/2019-01-24 ). 2. Prior to the year ending March 2002, CSEW respondents were asked about their experience of crime in the previous calendar year, so year-labels identify the year in which the crime took place. Following the change to continuous interviewing, respondents’ experience of crime relates to the full 12 months prior to interview (that is, a moving reference period). Year-labels for the year ending March 2002 identify the CSEW year of interview. 3. Data relate to adults aged 16 years and over." "Unit","Number of incidents (thousands)" "","" "Year","Violence","with injury","without injury" "Dec 81","2063","1226","838" "Dec 83","2014","1208","806" "Dec 87","2265","1592","674" "Dec 91","2900","1778","1122" "Dec 93","3768","2407","1360" "Dec 95","4464","2622","1843" "Dec 97","3746","2365","1381" "Dec 99","3375","1974","1401" "Mar 02","2551","1507","1043" "Mar 03","2579","1419","1160" "Mar 04","2355","1268","1087" "Mar 05","2191","1255","936" "Mar 06","2221","1203","1018" "Mar 07","2287","1182","1105" "Mar 08","1975","1022","952" "Mar 09","1889","1012","877" "Mar 10","1841","972","869" "Mar 11","2126","1232","894" "Mar 12","1956","1023","934" "Mar 13","1936","1144","792" "Mar 14","1562","664","898" "Mar 15","1726","838","888" "Mar 16","1468","631","837" "","","","" "Sep 17","1342","614","728" "Sep 18","1389","687","702"