Release

Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2024

Release date: 24 April 2025 9:30am

Summary

Crime against households and people aged 16 years and over, using data from police recorded crime and the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).

Publications

  • Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2024

    Crime against households and people aged 16 years and over, using data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and police recorded crime. Police recorded crime data also include crimes against businesses, society and children.

Data

Methodology

  • Crime in England and Wales QMI

    Quality and Methodology Information for crime levels and trends in England and Wales, detailing the strengths and limitations of the data, methods used, and data uses and users.

Contact details

Name

ONS Centre for Crime and Justice

Email

crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 2075 928695

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest