Highlights
Domestic abuse in England and Wales: year ending March 2018
What's in the bulletin?
- The latest figures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales show little change in the prevalence of domestic abuse in recent years. In the year ending March 2018, an estimated 2.0 million adults aged 16 to 59 years experienced domestic abuse in the last year (1.3 million women, 695,000 men).
- The police recorded 599,549 domestic abuse-related crimes in the year ending March 2018. This was an increase of 23% from the previous year. This in part reflects police forces improving their identification and recording of domestic abuse incidents as crimes and an increased willingness by victims to come forward.
- The police made 225,714 arrests for domestic abuse-related offences (in the 39 police forces that could supply adequate data). This equates to 38 arrests per 100 domestic abuse-related crimes recorded.
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Datasets related to Crime and justice
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Crime in England and Wales: Bulletin Tables
Data tables and figures from the statistical bulletin in excel format. The data contained in these tables are from four sources: Crime Survey for England and Wales, Home Office police recorded crime, the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau and the Ministry of Justice Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly Update. Please note: The methodology by which the CSEW calculates its incidents of crime changed in December 2018. Incident numbers and rates published in the Bulletin Tables prior to the year ending September 2018 dataset are not comparable with those currently published.
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Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Trends in Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) crime experienced by adults and children aged 10 to 15 yearsand Home Office police recorded crime, by offence type. Also includes trends in offender relationship of CSEW violence.
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Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area data tables
Data from Home Office police recorded crime. Shows the number of police recorded crimes, percentage change from previous year and rate per 1,000 population by offence group and Police Force Area.
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Crime in England and Wales: Quarterly data tables
Data from Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and Home Office police recorded crime broken down into quarterly time periods.
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Recorded crime data at Police Force Area level
Recorded crime for Police Force Areas. The data are rolling 12-month totals, with points at the end of each financial year between year ending March 2003 to March 2007 and at the end of each quarter from June 2007.
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Recorded crime data at Police Force Area level (including pivot table)
Recorded crime for Police Force Areas, including a pivot table. The data are rolling 12 month totals, with data points shown at the end of each financial year between year ending March 2003 and year ending March 2007 and at the end of each quarter from June 2007.
Publications related to Crime and justice
Statistical bulletins
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Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2019
Crime against households and adults, also including data on crime experienced by children, and crimes against businesses and society.
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Domestic abuse in England and Wales: year ending March 2018
How domestic abuse is dealt with at the local level within England and Wales, using annual data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, police recorded crime and a number of different organisations.
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Focus on property crime: year ending March 2016
An overview of property crime, based on analyses from the year ending March 2016 Crime Survey for England and Wales and crimes recorded by police.
Articles
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How much do you really know about crime?
It’s easy for our perception of crime to be distorted – see how much you know about crime in England and Wales.
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People who were abused as children are more likely to be abused as an adult
Exploring the impact of what can sometimes be hidden crimes.
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People greatly overestimate their likelihood of being robbed
Many more people in England and Wales worry about being a victim of crime than will actually experience it.
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The nature of violent crime in England and Wales
A summary of violent crime from the year ending March 2018 Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime.
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Homicide in England and Wales
Analyses of information held within the Home Office Homicide Index, which contains detailed record-level information about each homicide recorded by police in England and Wales.
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Sexual offending: victimisation and the path through the criminal justice system
An overview of sexual offending in England and Wales, using a range of National Statistics and official statistics from across the crime and criminal justice system.
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