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Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2023
What's in the bulletin?
- Fraud decreased by 16%, with reductions in bank and credit account fraud (13%), advance fee fraud (34%), and other fraud (50%)
- Computer misuse increased by 29%, mainly because of a 32% rise in unauthorised access to personal information
- Criminal damage decreased by 18%, including a 25% fall in criminal damage to a vehicle
Bullying and online experiences among children in England and Wales: year ending March 2023
What's in the bulletin?
- The 10- to 15-year-olds' Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) showed that 92.6% of children went online daily or almost daily in the year ending March 2023, with 58.1% spending three or more hours a day online on an ordinary school day, an increase from 47.6% in the year ending March 2020, the last time the data were collected.
- Just over a third (35.0%) of children accepted a friend request online from someone they did not know and 8.5% had shared their location publicly, in the last year.
- An estimated 19.2% of children spoke to or exchanged messages with someone online in the last year who they had never met in person before and 4.4% met up in person with someone they had only spoken to online, with boys more likely than girls (5.7% compared with 3.1%).
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.
Datasets related to Crime and justice
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Nature of crime: violence
Annual data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), including when and where incidents happened and the victim's perception of the incident.
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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 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) 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), including numbers of incidents and characteristics of victims.
Publications related to Crime and justice
Statistical bulletins
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Bullying and online experiences among children in England and Wales: year ending March 2023
Estimates of the prevalence and nature of bullying and online experiences among children using data from the 10- to 15-year-olds’ Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).
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Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2023
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).
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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 2023
Figures on domestic abuse from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, police recorded crime, and other organisations.
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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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Experiences of harassment in England and Wales: December 2023
Estimates on the experiences and nature of harassment from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).
Articles
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Crime in England and Wales, victim characteristics
Risk of victimisation using Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) data, including crime experiences of non-household populations using administrative data.
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Crime trends in England and Wales and how we measure them
Exploring the different ways we measure crime, which measure is best for different crime types, and some of the trends that emerge
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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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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.
Methodology related to Crime and justice
- Measuring drug-related homicide methodology: February 2024
- 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 2023
- User guide to crime statistics for England and Wales: March 2023
- Comparability between the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales and the face-to-face Crime Survey for England and Wales
- 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
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