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Theft and handling stolen goods, 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.

Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVDashed line: change in coverage or methodShaded 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 2019–202413 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 2017–20199 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 2015–20178 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 2010–201511 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 2005–20106 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 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005	Fewer than two periods have been published during this government, so no change is shown yet.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001	2,383,9461996	2,145,372Year ending March 2001	↓ 10.0%−238,574
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997	2,761,1191991	2,383,9461996	↓ 13.7%−377,173
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992	2,003,8731986	2,761,1191991	↑ 37.8%+757,246
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987	1,755,8531982	2,003,8731986	↑ 14.1%+248,020
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983	1,441,2531978	1,755,8531982	↑ 21.8%+314,600