"Figure 15: The volume of violent crime being recorded by the police has increased over the last few years","" "England and Wales, year ending March 2003 to year ending March 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics." "Unit","Number of offences (thousands)" "","" "","Total Violence","Violence without injury","Violence with injury ","Stalking & harassment" "Mar 03","709","302","372","33" "Mar 04","799","300","457","41" "Mar 05","846","278","515","52" "Mar 06","839","237","543","57" "Mar 07","815","250","506","58" "Mar 08","749","241","452","55" "Mar 09","709","237","420","51" "Mar 10","699","242","401","55" "Mar 11","665","243","368","53" "Mar 12","627","238","338","50" "Mar 13","601","232","312","56" "Mar 14","635","249","322","63" "Mar 15","778","317","374","86" "Mar 16","992","399","430","161" "Mar 17","1169","474","466","227" "Mar 18","1396","586","512","296"