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
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Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2020
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 October to December 2020 periods.
Data
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Appendix tables : Police recorded offences involving knives or sharp instruments: methodology changes
Selected violent and sexual offences involving a knife or sharp instrument recorded by the police, year ending March 2020 previous method of collection compared to new NDQIS method.
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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.
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Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area data tables
Number of police recorded crimes, percentage change, and rate per 1,000 population by offence group. Firearms, knife and sharp instrument, fraud, child sexual abuse and child exploitation and anti-social behaviour offences, by PFA.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Trends in Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) crime experienced by people aged 16 and over and children aged 10 to 15 years and Home Office police recorded crime, by offence type. Also includes trends in offender relationship of CSEW violence.
Methodoleg
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Police recorded offences involving knives or sharp instruments: methodology changes
A new cross-police force methodology for counting the number of recorded offences involving knives or sharp instruments, including revisions to the coverage and guidance of the offences which involve knives or sharp instruments collection.
The United Kingdom Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as National Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics:
- meet identified user needs
- are well explained and readily accessible
- are produced according to sound methods
- are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics it is a statutory requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed.