Summary

Latest crime statistics from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and police recorded crime. This release will include a statistical bulletin and associated data tables.

Publications

• Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2020

  Crime against households and adults using data from police recorded crime and the new Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales. Includes the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on crime and people’s perceptions of crime during the October to December 2020 periods.

Data

• Appendix tables : Police recorded offences involving knives or sharp instruments: methodology changes

  Selected violent and sexual offences involving a knife or sharp instrument recorded by the police, year ending March 2020 previous method of collection compared to new NDQIS method.

• 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.

• 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).

• Recorded crime data by Community Safety Partnership area

  Recorded crime figures for CSP areas. Number of offences for the last two years, percentage change, and rates per 1,000 population for the latest year.

• Crime in England and Wales: coronavirus (COVID-19) and crime tables

  Information from a new module of questions included in the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW) around perceptions of crime, the police and anti-social behaviour during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, feelings of safety and experiences of harassment. Data on children’s online activity are also presented. These tables are no longer produced.

• Crime in England and Wales: Other related tables

  Firearms, knife- and sharp-instrument offences, offences involving a corrosive substance, hospital admissions for assault with sharp objects, fraud, offences flagged as domestic abuse-related, corruption, anti-social behaviour, perceptions, and non-notifiable incidents.

• 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.

Methodology

• Police recorded offences involving knives or sharp instruments: methodology changes

  A new cross-police force methodology for counting the number of recorded offences involving knives or sharp instruments, including revisions to the coverage and guidance of the offences which involve knives or sharp instruments collection.

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