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 March 2021

  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 May 2020 to March 2021 interview periods.

Data

• 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: Uncapped CSEW tables

  Trends in uncapped estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) by offence type. These estimates have been published for methodological purposes only. They will be subject to considerable volatility from year to year and are not the main measure of incident estimates from the CSEW. The main measure of incident estimates from the CSEW are capped at the 98th percentile and are available in Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables.

• Crime in England and Wales: Annual Trend and Demographic Tables

  Data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) showing breakdowns of victimisation over time and by various 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).

• 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

• 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.

• User guide to crime statistics for England and Wales: measuring crime during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

  Quarterly statistics on crime levels and trends during the coronavirus pandemic. Includes details of the datasets used to compile our crime statistics.

• Crime and justice methodology

  Links to guidance, methodology and information documents for crime statistics in England and Wales.

• Comparability between the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales and the face-to-face Crime Survey for England and Wales

  An assessment into the comparability of estimates produced from the face-to-face Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW), exploring survey design, sample design, questionnaire changes and modal changes.

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