"Crime estimated by the survey has fallen in the last year, but there is no significant change when fraud and computer misuse are excluded","" "England and Wales, year ending December 1981 to year ending December 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. Data on this chart refer to different time periods: 1981 to 1999 refer to crimes experienced in the calendar year (January to December); and from year ending March 2002 onwards the estimates relate to crimes experienced in the 12 months before interview, based on interviews carried out in that financial year (April to March). 2. Data relate to adults aged 16 and over or to households. 3. New victimisation questions on fraud and computer misuse were incorporated into the CSEW from October 2015. The questions were asked of half the survey sample from October 2015 until September 2017, to test for detrimental effects on the survey as a whole and help ensure that the historical time series is protected, and have been asked of a full sample from October 2017. 4. In March 2018 the new CSEW estimates on fraud and computer misuse were assessed by the Office for Statistics Regulation against the Code of Practice for Statistics and were awarded National Statistics status." "Unit","Number of offences (thousands)" "","" "","CSEW estimates excluding fraud and computer misuse","CSEW estimates excluding fraud and computer misuse year ending December","CSEW estimate including fraud and computer misuse" "1981","11066","","" "1982","","","" "1983","11901","","" "1984","","","" "1985","","","" "1986","","","" "1987","13313","","" "1988","","","" "1989","","","" "1990","","","" "1991","15111","","" "1992","","","" "1993","18355","","" "1994","","","" "1995","19109","","" "1996","","","" "1997","16469","","" "1998","","","" "1999","","","" "2000","14762","","" "2001","","","" "2002","12366","","" "2003","12018","","" "2004","11417","","" "2005","10550","","" "2006","10581","","" "2007","10942","","" "2008","9842","","" "2009","10283","","" "2010","9344","","" "2011","9446","","" "2012","9345","","" "2013","8487","","" "2014","7318","","" "2015","6764","","" "YE Dec 16","","6080","11478" "YE Dec 17","","6004","10619"