Highlights
Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2018
What's in the bulletin?
- A continued rise in the number of offences involving knives or sharp instruments, with police recording 16% more offences this year compared with last year; however, NHS hospital admissions data suggest that a small proportion of these are the highest-harm offences
- The latest rise of 2% in recorded firearm offences was smaller than previously seen; this included a decrease in less-serious firearm offences, whereas more-serious firearm offences showed continued increases; some of these increases are likely to reflect improvements in recording
- The number of homicides recorded by the police showed a fourth consecutive rise, increasing by 12% compared with last year; this follows a long-term decline, although homicide remains rare
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.
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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 to15 and 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 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.
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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 2018
Crime against households and adults, also including data on crime experienced by children, and crimes against businesses and society.
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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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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 2017 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 offences in England and Wales
Analyses on sexual offences from the year ending March 2017 Crime Survey for England and Wales and crimes recorded by police.
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Domestic abuse: findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales
Domestic abuse findings from the year ending March 2017 Crime Survey for England and Wales, using statistics to tell us about victims and long-term trends.
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