Release

Crime in England and Wales: year ending Dec 2016

Released: 27 April 2017 9:30am
Next release: 20 July 2017

Summary

Crime statistics from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and police recorded crime.

Publications

Data

  • Crime in England and Wales: Bulletin Tables

    Data tables and figures from the statistical bulletin in excel format. 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 Quarterly Update. Please note: The methodology by which the CSEW calculates its incidents of crime changed in December 2018. Incident numbers and rates published in the Bulletin Tables prior to the year ending September 2018 dataset are not comparable with those currently published.

  • Crime in England and Wales: Quarterly data tables

    Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and Home Office police recorded crime data, by quarterly time periods.

  • Recorded crime data at Police Force Area level

    Recorded crime for Police Force Areas. The data are rolling 12-month totals, with points at the end of each financial year between year ending March 2003 to March 2007 and at the end of each quarter from June 2007.

  • Household crime prevalence (CSEW open data table)

    Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimates, broken down by each combination of offence group, age, sex, and important household characteristics.

  • Perceptions other (CSEW open data table)

    Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimates, by each combination of offence group, age, sex, and important demographic or household characteristics.

  • Recorded crime data at Police Force Area level (including pivot table)

    Recorded crime for Police Force Areas, including a pivot table. The data are rolling 12 month totals, with data points shown at the end of each financial year between year ending March 2003 and year ending March 2007 and at the end of each quarter from June 2007.

  • Crime in England and Wales: Additional tables on fraud and cybercrime

    Estimates from Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) on fraud and computer misuse. Also data from Home Office police recorded crime on the number of online offences recorded by the police and Action Fraud figures broken down by police force area. These tables were formerly known as Experimental tables. Please note: This set of tables are no longer produced. All content previously released within these tables has, or will be, redistributed among other sets of tables.

  • Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables

    Trends in Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) crime and Home Office police recorded crime for England and Wales, by offence type. Also includes more detailed data on crime such as violence, fraud and anti-social behaviour.

  • Personal crime prevalence (CSEW open data table)

    Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimates, by each combination of offence group, age, sex, and important demographic characteristics.

  • Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area data tables

    Police recorded crime figures by Police Force Area and Community Safety Partnership areas (which equate in the majority of instances, to local authorities).

  • Personal crime incidence (CSEW open data table)

    Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimates, by each combination of offence group, age, sex, and important demographic characteristics.

  • Household crime incidence (CSEW open data table)

    Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimates, broken down by each combination of offence group, age, sex, and important household characteristics.

  • Recorded crime data at Community Safety Partnership and local authority level

    Recorded crime figures for Community Safety Partnerships which equates in the majority of instances to local authorities . The data are rolling 12 month totals, with data points shown at the end of each financial year between year ending March 2003 and year ending March 2007 and at the end of each quarter from June 2007. The data cover local authority boundaries from April 2009 onwards and local authority area names correspond to Community Safety Partnership areas.

  • Perceptions criminal justice system (CSEW open data table)

    Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimates, by each combination of offence group, age, sex, and important demographic or household characteristics.

Methodology

Contact details

Name

John Flatley

Email

crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0)20 7592 8695

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

Pre-release access list

The phrase 'Pre-release Access' refers to the practice whereby official statistics in their final form, and any accompanying written commentary, are made available to an eligible person in advance of their publication. The rules and principles which govern pre-release access are featured within the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.

Besides ONS staff, the following persons are given pre-release access by the period indicated before release.

| Access granted to | Organisation | Period | | :— | :— | :— | | Prime Minister | 10 Downing Street | 21 hours | | Principal Private Secretary | 10 Downing Street | 21 hours | | Private Secretary | 10 Downing Street | 21 hours | | Special Adviser | 10 Downing Street | 21 hours | | Press Officer | 10 Downing Street | 21 hours | | Home Secretary | Home Office | 21 hours | | Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service | Home Office | 21 hours | | PS to Minister for Policing and the Fire Service | Home Office | 21 hours | | Special Adviser | Home Office | 21 hours | | Press Officer x 2 | Home Office | 21 hours | | Policy Official - Head of Unit, Crime & Policing Knowledge Hub | Home Office | 21 hours | | Policy Official - Crime & Policing Knowledge Hub | Home Office | 21 hours | | Permanent Secretary | Home Office | 21 hours | | PS Permanent Secretary | Home Office | 21 hours | | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism Private Secretary | Home Office | 21 hours | | Minister of State for Security plus Private Secretary | Home Office | 21 hours | | PS to be shared between the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Vulnerability, Safe guarding and Countering Extremism and the Minister of State for Security | Home Office | 21 hours | | Policy Official – Director of Crime | Home Office | 21 hours | | Policy Official – Safeguarding | Home Office | 21 hours | | Policy Official – Tackling Crime | Home Office | 21 hours | | Policy Official – Serious & Organised Crime | Home Office | 21 hours | | Desk Officer | Cabinet Office | 21 hours | | Deputy Director | Cabinet Office | 21 hours | | Cabinet Secretary | Cabinet Office | 21 hours | | Private Secretary/Office of the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service | Cabinet Office | 21 hours | | Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice | Ministry of Justice | 21 hours | | Permanent Secretary | Ministry of Justice | 21 hours | | Private Secretary | Ministry of Justice | 21 hours | | Statistician /Economist | Ministry of Justice | 21 hours | | Policy Director | Ministry of Justice | 21 hours | | Duty Press Officer / Duty Media Officer | Ministry of Justice | 21 hours | | Deputy Principle Private Secretary | Ministry of Justice | 21 hours | | Assistant Private Secretary | Ministry of Justice | 21 hours | | Higher Statistical Officer | Welsh Government | 21 hours | | Communications | Welsh Government | 21 hours | | Head of Crime & Justice Team | Welsh Government | 21 hours | | Special Adviser | Welsh Government | 21 hours | | Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children | Welsh Government | 21 hours | | Senior Private Secretary | Welsh Government | 21 hours | | Private Secretary | Welsh Government | 21 hours | | Assistant Private Secretary | Welsh Government | 21 hours | | National Policing Lead for Crime | National Police Chief’s Council | 21 hours |