FOI reference: FOI-2025-2790
You asked
I'd like to ask whether it would be possible to get the wildlife crime information from present day to 2000 (or further back, if possible).
Ideally, I'd like to know the species involved, the county, the year, and whether any convictions occurred. Doesn't have to be the length of the conviction, just yes or no would be brilliant.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry. Unfortunately, we do not hold all of the information you have requested.
Our data is collected from two main sources; the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and police recorded crime (PRC). We do not collect data on wildlife crime in the CSEW.
The number of wildlife crime offences reported to the police can be found in tables A5a and A5b (row 211) of our crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables. Wildlife crime was introduced as a separate crime classification in April 2014. This saw offences that were previously recorded under "Other notifiable offences" brought together. Therefore, the earliest data available for this offence is for the year ending March 2015. Unfortunately, we do not hold this data broken down by geography or species.
PRC data is supplied to us by the Home Office. If you have any further questions, they would be best placed to help. They can be contacted at CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk
Our statistics focus on crime as it is experienced by victims. We do not generally publish statistics on offenders or convictions. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) are primarily responsible for these data. You may find their quarterly publications useful. The Ministry of Justice may be able to help you further and can be contacted at data.access@justice.gov.uk.
The data we publish cover England and Wales only. If you require crime data for Scotland and Northern Ireland, these are collected and published separately, and you may be able to find what you need by using the links below.
If you have any other crime-related queries, please email crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk and we will endeavour to help.