Highlights
Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2019
What's in the bulletin?
- Overall levels of crime showed falls in recent decades but levels have remained broadly stable in recent years; while in the last year there has been no change in overall levels of crime, this hides variation seen in individual crime types.
- The latest figures show a mixed picture, with continued rises in some types of theft and fraud and falls in computer misuse.
- Consistent with the rising trend over recent years, there were increases in some of the less frequently occurring but higher-harm types of violence, including offences involving knives and sharp instruments.
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.
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.
Datasets related to Crime and justice
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Crime in England and Wales: Other related tables
Data tables and figures that are no longer contained within the publication continue to be made available here for reference and consistency. 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.
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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 by Community Safety Partnership area
Recorded crime figures for community safety partnerships, which equates in the majority of instances to local authorities. Contains the number of offences for the last 2 years, percentage change between these two time periods and rates per 1,000 population for the last year.
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Crime Severity Score (Experimental Statistics)
Crime Severity Score (CSS) data for police force areas and community safety partnerships, which equate in the majority of instances to local authorities. Includes a data tool to enable production of summary charts on trends and comparisons between areas.
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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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