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Crime

Official statistics on crime in England and Wales: police-recorded offences, the Crime Survey, homicide, knife crime and local recorded-crime rates.

• Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud)Year ending March 2026 · down 1.4% on a year earlier5,235,213offences
• Violence against the person (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · up 1.3% on a year earlier1,962,413offences
• Homicide (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · down 7.4% on a year earlier499offences
• Sexual offences (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · up 4.0% on a year earlier217,567offences
• Robbery (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · up 10.2% on a year earlier87,362offences
• Theft offences (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · down 7.9% on a year earlier1,637,773offences
• Residential burglary (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · down 7.4% on a year earlier153,966offences
• Vehicle offences (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · down 10.8% on a year earlier312,250offences
• Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · down 1.3% on a year earlier456,843offences
• Drug offences (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · up 12.3% on a year earlier231,130offences
• Possession of weapons (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · up 8.0% on a year earlier62,347offences
• Public order offences (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · down 0.9% on a year earlier449,426offences
• Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud)Year ending March 2026 · up 1.8% on a year earlier9,615,000incidents
• Crime Survey estimate of all crime (excluding fraud)Year ending March 2026 · down 5.7% on a year earlier4,333,000incidents
• Crime Survey estimate of violenceYear ending March 2026 · down 10.3% on a year earlier989,000incidents
• Crime Survey estimate of theftYear ending March 2026 · down 6.2% on a year earlier2,628,000incidents
• Offences involving a knife or sharp instrumentYear ending March 2026 · down 8.1% on a year earlier48,774offences
• Arrests for notifiable offencesYear ending March 2025 · up 4.6% on a year earlier754,046arrests
• Police use of force reportsYear ending March 2025 · up 8.7% on a year earlier812,447reports
• Crimes recorded by the police in ScotlandYear ending March 2026 · up 5.4% on a year earlier315,357crimes
• Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 peopleYear ending March 2026 · up 5.4% on a year earlier568.5per 10,000 population
• Crimes recorded by the police in Northern IrelandYear ending March 2025 · down 7.9% on a year earlier95,968crimes
• Crimes recorded in Northern Ireland per 1,000 peopleYear ending March 2025 · down 7.4% on a year earlier50per 1,000 population
• Magistrates' court open cases2026 Q1 · up 11.3% on a year earlier370,722cases
• Crown Court receipts2026 Q1 · down 2.5% on a year earlier29,426cases
• Crown Court disposals2026 Q1 · up 5.9% on a year earlier29,600cases
• Crown Court median days from offence to completion2026 Q1 · up 6.1% on a year earlier346days
• Prison population on remandJune 2026 · down 13.1% on a year earlier15,386people
• Sentenced prison populationJune 2026 · up 1.1% on a year earlier70,003people
• Foreign national prison populationJune 2026 · down 5.9% on a year earlier10,134people
• Probation caseloadMarch 2026 · up 6.6% on a year earlier258,332people
• ProsecutionsYear ending March 2026 · up 1.2% on a year earlier1,360,615defendants
• ConvictionsYear ending March 2026 · down 0.1% on a year earlier1,195,840offenders
• Immediate custodial sentencesYear ending March 2026 · up 7.8% on a year earlier89,164offenders
• Custody rateYear ending March 2026 · up 0.6 points on a year earlier7.5%
• Average custodial sentence length (indictable offences)Year ending March 2026 · up 0.9% on a year earlier22months
• Proven reoffending rate2024 Q3 · up 1.9 points on a year earlier29.9%
• Adult proven reoffending rate2024 Q3 · up 1.9 points on a year earlier29.7%
• Police officers (full-time equivalent)Year ending March 2026 · down 0.4% on a year earlier145,886officers (FTE)
• Police officers per 100,000 populationYear ending March 2026236officers per 100,000 population
• Stop and searchesYear ending March 2025 · down 1.4% on a year earlier528,582searches
• Stop and search arrest rateYear ending March 2025 · up 0.7 points on a year earlier14.9%