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Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2022
What's in the bulletin?
- Overall theft decreased by 20%. The largest reduction was seen in theft from the person (44%), but falls were also seen in “other theft of personal property” (31%), domestic burglary (23%) and vehicle-related theft (21%)
- Criminal damage decreased by 24%
- Fraud returned to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels (no significant change); this suggests previous increases in fraud may have been specific to the coronavirus pandemic period, rather than a sustained change in trends

Sexual offences in England and Wales overview: year ending March 2022
What's in the bulletin?
- The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) provides the best measure of victimisation and estimated that 2.3% of adults (3.3% women and 1.2% men) aged 16 years and over were victims of sexual assault (including attempts) in the year ending March 2022 survey; this equates to an estimated 1.1 million adults (800,000 women and 275,000 men).
- Approximately 16.6% of adults aged 16 years and over (7.9 million) had experienced sexual assault (including attempts) since the age of 16 years; 1.9 million were a victim of rape (7.7% women and 0.2% men).
- Despite no significant change in the prevalence of sexual assault experienced by adults aged 16 to 59 years in the last year (2.7%) compared with the year ending March 2020 (2.2%), there has been a significant increase since the year ending March 2014 (1.5%), which aligns with trends seen in police recorded crime.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest insights
The latest data and trends about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from the Office for National Statistics and other sources.
Datasets related to Crime and justice
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Appendix tables: homicide in England and Wales
Findings from the analyses based on the Homicide Index recorded by the Home Office, including long-term trends, sex of the victim, apparent method of killing and relationship to victim.
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Drug misuse in England and Wales - Appendix table
Data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) on the extent and trends of illicit drug use.
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Offences involving the use of weapons: data tables
Data tables relating to offences involving weapons as recorded by police and hospital episode statistics.
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The nature of violent crime: appendix tables
Data from the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW) and Police recorded crime. Data are included on prevalence and characteristics of victims.
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Nature of crime: fraud and computer misuse
Annual data on the nature of fraud and computer misuse offences. Data for the year ending March 2021 and March 2022 are from the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW).
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Nature of fraud and computer misuse in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB). Data are included on numbers of incidents and characteristics of victims.
Publications related to Crime and justice
Statistical bulletins
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Perceptions of personal safety and experiences of harassment, Great Britain: 16 February to 13 March 2022
Perceptions of safety and experiences of harassment, by personal characteristics, based on the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN).
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Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2022
Crime against households and adults using data from police recorded crime and the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).
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Child abuse in England and Wales: March 2020
Statistics and research on child abuse in England and Wales, bringing together a range of different data sources from across government and the voluntary sector.
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Sexual offences in England and Wales overview: year ending March 2022
Data on sexual offences from the year ending March 2022 Crime Survey for England and Wales, police recorded crime, and victim services.
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Domestic abuse in England and Wales overview: November 2022
Figures on domestic abuse from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, police recorded crime and a number of different organisations.
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Online bullying in England and Wales: year ending March 2020
Estimates of the prevalence and nature of online bullying among children using data from the 10- to 15-year-olds’ Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).
Articles
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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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Victimisation and its relationship to drug misuse, common mental disorder and well-being in England and Wales
An overview of drug misuse, symptoms of common mental disorder and personal well-being in adults who reported being a victim of crime in the last year. Data are from the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales.
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Drug misuse in England and Wales
An overview of the extent and trends of illicit drug use. Data are from the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
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The nature of violent crime in England and Wales
An overview of the extent of violent crime in England and Wales, including long-term trends, use of weapons and victim characteristics.
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The lasting impact of violence against women and girls
Violence against women and girls can lead to significant and long-lasting impacts such as mental health issues, suicide attempts and homelessness, ONS analysis shows.
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Phishing attacks – who is most at risk?
Fraudsters send messages over email, text or social media, posing as trusted organisations to trick people into handing over money or personal details. But who is most at risk, and what can we do to protect ourselves?
Methodology related to Crime and justice
- Transformation of the Crime Survey for England and Wales - Discovery research on the redesign of multi-mode questions
- Crime in England and Wales QMI
- Improving crime statistics for England and Wales – progress update July 2022
- Comparability between the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales and the face-to-face Crime Survey for England and Wales
- User guide to crime statistics for England and Wales: measuring crime during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
- Police recorded offences involving knives or sharp instruments: methodology changes
- Methodology note on the possible order effect on responses to questions on anti-social behaviour from changes in the Crime Survey for England and Wales questionnaire
- Crime and justice methodology
- Child abuse QMI
- Domestic abuse QMI
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