Highlights
Crime in England and Wales: year ending June 2019
What's in the bulletin?
- Overall levels of crime showed falls in recent decades, but 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, “bank and credit account fraud” and falls in “computer viruses”.
- There were also increases in some of the less frequently occurring but higher-harm types of violence, including offences involving knives or sharp instruments.
Domestic abuse in England and Wales overview: November 2019
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 2019, an estimated 2.4 million adults aged 16 to 74 years experienced domestic abuse in the last year (1.6 million women and 786,000 men).
- The police recorded 746,219 domestic abuse-related crimes in the year ending March 2019, an increase of 24% from the previous year.
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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.
Publications related to Crime and justice
Statistical bulletins
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Crime in England and Wales: year ending June 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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Domestic abuse victim characteristics, England and Wales
Characteristics of victims of domestic abuse based on findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime.
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Domestic abuse prevalence and trends, England and Wales
Prevalence, long-term trends and types of domestic abuse experienced by adults, based on findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, and police recorded crime.
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Partner abuse in detail, England and Wales
Information from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) on the amount, type and nature of partner abuse experienced in the last year.
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Domestic abuse victim services, England and Wales
Information on services that are available to victims of domestic abuse in England and Wales.
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Improving victimisation estimates derived from the Crime Survey for England and Wales
Improvements to the way in which victimisation is estimated using the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and the impact they have on the survey’s outputs.
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Developing a measure of controlling or coercive behaviour
Initial research into new questions aimed at identifying controlling or coercive behaviour. These crimes are less likely to be reported to the police, therefore it is important we find an effective way to measure these offences. This will provide insight for policymakers, service providers and charities.
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