"Figure 7: Incidents of violent crime remained broadly similar to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels","" "England and Wales, annual estimates","" "","" "Notes","1. Data from the CSEW for year ending September 2022 are not designated as [National Statistics](https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence/ed-humpherson-to-liz-mckeown-temporary-suspension-of-national-statistics-status-for-estimates-from-the-crime-survey-for-england-and-wales/). 2. Data on this chart refer to different time periods: 1981 to 1999 refer to crimes experienced in the calendar year; and from year ending March 2002 onwards the estimates relate to crimes experienced in the 12 months before interview, based on interviews carried out in that year. 3. There is a break in the CSEW time-series because of the suspension of face-to-face interviewing between March 2020 and October 2021, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW) data collected during this period are not directly comparable and not part of the main CSEW time-series." "Unit","Number of incidents (thousands)" "","" "","Violence","Violence year ending Sept 2022" "Dec 1981","2063","" "Dec 1982","","" "Dec 1983","2014","" "Dec 1984","","" "Dec 1985","","" "Dec 1986","","" "Dec 1987","2265","" "Dec 1988","","" "Dec 1989","","" "Dec 1990","","" "Dec 1991","2900","" "Dec 1992","","" "Dec 1993","3768","" "Dec 1994","","" "Dec 1995","4464","" "Dec 1996","","" "Dec 1997","3746","" "Dec 1998","","" "Dec 1999","3375","" "Dec 2000","","" "Mar 2001","","" "Mar 2002","2551","" "Mar 2003","2579","" "Mar 2004","2355","" "Mar 2005","2191","" "Mar 2006","2221","" "Mar 2007","2287","" "Mar 2008","1975","" "Mar 2009","1889","" "Mar 2010","1841","" "Mar 2011","2126","" "Mar 2012","1956","" "Mar 2013","1936","" "Mar 2014","1562","" "Mar 2015","1726","" "Mar 2016","1468","" "Mar 2017","1432","" "Mar 2018","1426","" "Mar 2019","1344","" "Mar 2020","1239","" "","","" "Sep 2022","","1136"