"Figure 7: Incidents of violent crime continued long-term reductions","" "England and Wales, annual estimates","" "","" "Notes","1. Data from the TCSEW are published as Experimental Statistics. 2. Data on this chart refer to different time periods: 1981 to 1999 refer to crimes experienced in the calendar year; 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. 3. TCSEW data presented here for 2021 are not comparable with CSEW estimates. CSEW data relate to adults aged 16 years and over, or to households. TCSEW data relate to adults aged 18 years and over, or to households. See [Appendix Table A3](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables) for comparable data. " "Unit","Number of incidents (thousands)" "","" "","Violence","Violence with injury","Violence without injury" "Dec 81","2063","1226","838" "Dec 83","2014","1208","806" "Dec 87","2265","1592","674" "Dec 91","2900","1778","1122" "Dec 93","3768","2407","1360" "Dec 95","4464","2622","1843" "Dec 97","3746","2365","1381" "Dec 99","3375","1974","1401" "Mar 02","2551","1507","1043" "Mar 03","2579","1419","1160" "Mar 04","2355","1268","1087" "Mar 05","2191","1255","936" "Mar 06","2221","1203","1018" "Mar 07","2287","1182","1105" "Mar 08","1975","1022","952" "Mar 09","1889","1012","877" "Mar 10","1841","972","869" "Mar 11","2126","1232","894" "Mar 12","1956","1023","934" "Mar 13","1936","1144","792" "Mar 14","1562","664","898" "Mar 15","1726","838","888" "Mar 16","1468","631","837" "Mar 17","1432","702","730" "Mar 18","1426","666","760" "Mar 19","1344","714","630" "Mar 20","1239","591","648" "","","","" "Dec 19 (CSEW)","895","529","366" "","","","" "Dec 21 (TCSEW)","819","518","301"