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1. Our priorities
The type and nature of crime is constantly evolving. We need to keep up to date with latest trends and adapt both our data collection and presentation of statistics to meet user needs and provide the best overview of crime from all available sources.
What have we done?
In the last year we have:
conducted a data quality review which showed that the quality of Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) data for the year ending (YE) March 2023 was broadly similar to CSEW data for YE March 2020, when they were last accredited official statistics
continued to publish our regular bulletins and a range of focused articles on crime
continued to improve our measurement of crime, including data collection and articles related to violence against women and girls and starting evaluation of the new domestic abuse questions, shown in our research update from November 2023
continued the transformation of the CSEW and crimes against children statistics, including completing a pilot for collecting children's crime survey data online, shown in our Transforming children's crime statistics article and exploring the exploring the feasibility of a survey measuring child abuse in the UK
Upcoming priorities
We will continue improving crime statistics over the next 12 months. This includes improving how we measure and present crime statistics as well as survey transformation activities. For further information, see Improving Crime Statistics for England and Wales -- progress update July 2024.
Engaging with crime and justice statistics users
It is important for us to listen and engage with our stakeholders so that we can provide crime and justice statistics that are useful and relevant. As part of this, our next annual crime and justice statistics forum will take place in Autumn 2024. The forum provided users of crime and justice data an opportunity to engage with experts, share insights and discuss the future of our statistics and foster future collaboration.
Please sign up on our new subscribers web page to receive updates of the next Crime and Justice Statistics forum as well as other future events.
Latest releases
Links to the latest releases from the Centre for Crime and Justice can be found on our Crime and Justice page. You may also find our Guide to finding crime statistics useful, which collates the main sources of crime statistics, broken down by potential areas of interest.
Back to table of contents3. Contact us
- Phone: +44 20 7592 8695
- Email: crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk
- Sign up to our Centre for Crime and Justice statistics updates on our new subscribers web page to receive our twice-yearly newsletter and notifications of our latest releases.
4. Privacy information
For more information on our latest privacy information please visit our Data protection pages.
Further privacy information related to our main sources of crime data can be found in our Crime Survey privacy policy, written alongside Verian Group, and the Home Office privacy information notice.
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