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Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) 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 (excluding fraud): Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour02m4m20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 5,791,277 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 5,843,549 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 5,476,771 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 5,425,691 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 5,322,377 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 4,881,140 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 4,630,383 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 4,265,036 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 4,078,475 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 3,903,581 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 3,553,168 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 3,506,545 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 3,574,552 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 3,898,526 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 4,321,587 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 4,890,313 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 5,266,025 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 5,304,892 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 4,615,788 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 5,326,547 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 5,578,041 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 5,402,860 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 5,307,433 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 5,235,213 offences · published 23 July 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – present5,402,860Year ending March 20245,235,213Year ending March 2026↓ 3.1%−167,647
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 20245,266,025Year ending March 20195,402,860Year ending March 2024↑ 2.6%+136,835
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 20194,321,587Year ending March 20175,266,025Year ending March 2019↑ 21.9%+944,438
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 20173,574,552Year ending March 20154,321,587Year ending March 2017↑ 20.9%+747,035
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 20154,265,036Year ending March 20103,574,552Year ending March 2015↓ 16.2%−690,484
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 20105,476,771Year ending March 20054,265,036Year ending March 2010↓ 22.1%−1,211,735
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.