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Police-recorded crime, 1898 to 2001/02 under each government The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page .
Police-recorded crime, 1898 to 2001/02: 1898 to Year ending March 2002 Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 2m 4m 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Before: Offences counted under the Home Office Counting Rules as they stood before April 1998. After: Offences counted under the widened 1998 Counting Rules, which increased the number counted. methodology change 1898: 82,426 offences · published 19 July 2012 1899: 76,025 offences · published 19 July 2012 1900: 77,934 offences · published 19 July 2012 1901: 80,962 offences · published 19 July 2012 1902: 83,260 offences · published 19 July 2012 1903: 86,172 offences · published 19 July 2012 1904: 92,907 offences · published 19 July 2012 1905: 94,654 offences · published 19 July 2012 1906: 91,665 offences · published 19 July 2012 1907: 98,822 offences · published 19 July 2012 1908: 105,279 offences · published 19 July 2012 1909: 105,287 offences · published 19 July 2012 1910: 103,132 offences · published 19 July 2012 1911: 97,171 offences · published 19 July 2012 1912: 101,997 offences · published 19 July 2012 1913: 97,933 offences · published 19 July 2012 1914: 89,387 offences · published 19 July 2012 1915: 77,972 offences · published 19 July 2012 1916: 80,653 offences · published 19 July 2012 1917: 88,864 offences · published 19 July 2012 1918: 87,762 offences · published 19 July 2012 1919: 87,827 offences · published 19 July 2012 1920: 100,827 offences · published 19 July 2012 1921: 103,258 offences · published 19 July 2012 1922: 107,320 offences · published 19 July 2012 1923: 110,206 offences · published 19 July 2012 1924: 112,574 offences · published 19 July 2012 1925: 113,986 offences · published 19 July 2012 1926: 133,460 offences · published 19 July 2012 1927: 125,703 offences · published 19 July 2012 1928: 130,469 offences · published 19 July 2012 1929: 134,581 offences · published 19 July 2012 1930: 147,031 offences · published 19 July 2012 1931: 159,278 offences · published 19 July 2012 1932: 208,175 offences · published 19 July 2012 1933: 227,285 offences · published 19 July 2012 1934: 233,359 offences · published 19 July 2012 1935: 234,372 offences · published 19 July 2012 1936: 248,803 offences · published 19 July 2012 1937: 266,265 offences · published 19 July 2012 1938: 283,220 offences · published 19 July 2012 1939: 203,771 offences · published 19 July 2012 1940: 305,114 offences · published 19 July 2012 1941: 358,655 offences · published 19 July 2012 1942: 364,889 offences · published 19 July 2012 1943: 372,760 offences · published 19 July 2012 1944: 415,010 offences · published 19 July 2012 1945: 478,394 offences · published 19 July 2012 1946: 472,517 offences · published 19 July 2012 1947: 498,580 offences · published 19 July 2012 1948: 522,684 offences · published 19 July 2012 1949: 459,869 offences · published 19 July 2012 1950: 461,435 offences · published 19 July 2012 1951: 524,506 offences · published 19 July 2012 1952: 513,559 offences · published 19 July 2012 1953: 472,989 offences · published 19 July 2012 1954: 434,327 offences · published 19 July 2012 1955: 438,085 offences · published 19 July 2012 1956: 479,710 offences · published 19 July 2012 1957: 545,562 offences · published 19 July 2012 1958: 626,509 offences · published 19 July 2012 1959: 675,626 offences · published 19 July 2012 1960: 743,713 offences · published 19 July 2012 1961: 806,900 offences · published 19 July 2012 1962: 896,424 offences · published 19 July 2012 1963: 978,076 offences · published 19 July 2012 1964: 1,067,963 offences · published 19 July 2012 1965: 1,133,882 offences · published 19 July 2012 1966: 1,199,859 offences · published 19 July 2012 1967: 1,207,354 offences · published 19 July 2012 1968: 1,289,090 offences · published 19 July 2012 1969: 1,488,638 offences · published 19 July 2012 1970: 1,555,995 offences · published 19 July 2012 1971: 1,646,081 offences · published 19 July 2012 1972: 1,690,219 offences · published 19 July 2012 1973: 1,657,669 offences · published 19 July 2012 1974: 1,963,360 offences · published 19 July 2012 1975: 2,105,631 offences · published 19 July 2012 1976: 2,135,713 offences · published 19 July 2012 1977: 2,636,517 offences · published 19 July 2012 1978: 2,561,499 offences · published 19 July 2012 1979: 2,536,737 offences · published 19 July 2012 1980: 2,688,235 offences · published 19 July 2012 1981: 2,963,764 offences · published 19 July 2012 1982: 3,262,422 offences · published 19 July 2012 1983: 3,247,030 offences · published 19 July 2012 1984: 3,499,107 offences · published 19 July 2012 1985: 3,611,883 offences · published 19 July 2012 1986: 3,847,410 offences · published 19 July 2012 1987: 3,892,201 offences · published 19 July 2012 1988: 3,715,767 offences · published 19 July 2012 1989: 3,870,748 offences · published 19 July 2012 1990: 4,543,611 offences · published 19 July 2012 1991: 5,276,173 offences · published 19 July 2012 1992: 5,591,717 offences · published 19 July 2012 1993: 5,526,255 offences · published 19 July 2012 1994: 5,252,980 offences · published 19 July 2012 1995: 5,100,241 offences · published 19 July 2012 1996: 5,036,552 offences · published 19 July 2012 Year ending March 1998: 4,545,337 offences · published 19 July 2012 Year ending March 1999: 5,109,089 offences · published 19 July 2012 Year ending March 2000: 5,301,187 offences · published 19 July 2012 Year ending March 2001: 5,170,843 offences · published 19 July 2012 Year ending March 2002: 5,525,024 offences · published 19 July 2012
One point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSV Dashed line: change in coverage or method Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Government Inherited Left at / latest Change during government Labour 2024– 5 July 2024 – present The last period published before this government took office is too old to serve as a fair starting level. Conservative 2019–2024 13 December 2019 – 5 July 2024 The last period published before this government took office is too old to serve as a fair starting level. Conservative 2017–2019 9 June 2017 – 13 December 2019 The last period published before this government took office is too old to serve as a fair starting level. Conservative 2015–2017 8 May 2015 – 9 June 2017 The last period published before this government took office is too old to serve as a fair starting level. Coalition 2010–2015 11 May 2010 – 8 May 2015 The last period published before this government took office is too old to serve as a fair starting level. Labour 2005–2010 6 May 2005 – 11 May 2010 The last period published before this government took office is too old to serve as a fair starting level. Labour 2001–2005 8 June 2001 – 5 May 2005 Fewer than two periods have been published during this government, so no change is shown yet. Labour 1997–2001 2 May 1997 – 7 June 2001 5,036,5521996 5,170,843Year ending March 2001 ↑ 2.7% +134,291 Conservative 1992–1997 10 April 1992 – 2 May 1997 5,276,1731991 5,036,5521996 ↓ 4.5% −239,621 Conservative 1987–1992 12 June 1987 – 9 April 1992 3,847,4101986 5,276,1731991 ↑ 37.1% +1,428,763 Conservative 1983–1987 10 June 1983 – 11 June 1987 3,262,4221982 3,847,4101986 ↑ 17.9% +584,988 Conservative 1979–1983 4 May 1979 – 9 June 1983 2,561,4991978 3,262,4221982 ↑ 27.4% +700,923