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ONS · Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables

Public order offences (police-recorded)

Year ending March 2026 Final

449,426offences

Public order offences (police-recorded) were 449,426 offences in the year ending March 2026, down 0.9% (3,880) from 453,306 in the year ending March 2025.

▼ 0.9% · −3,880 against Year ending March 2025 (year on year)

  1. ONS count
  2. Year ending March 2026
  3. published 23 July 2026
  4. Table A5a
  5. row “TOTAL PUBLIC ORDER OFFENCES”
  6. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  7. cell value 449426

Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026

Public order offences (police-recorded): Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0200k400k20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 129,517 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 158,178 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 191,872 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 222,581 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 236,661 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 218,380 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 204,289 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 188,254 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 173,081 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 150,858 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 132,205 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 134,400 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 159,217 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 205,247 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 284,571 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 386,641 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 449,348 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 460,532 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 483,276 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 598,955 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 590,323 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 486,497 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 453,306 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 449,426 offences · published 23 July 2026
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Breakdowns

What this measures

Police-recorded public order offences in England and Wales in a 12-month period, such as causing fear, alarm or distress.

What this doesn’t measure

Anti-social behaviour incidents that are not recorded as crimes, or violence, which is counted separately.

Important caveat

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.

Revision history

No period of this series has been revised since it was first ingested here. Revisions are recorded automatically when a later release publishes a different figure for the same period.

Source

Publisher
ONS
Publication
Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026
Source file
appendixtablesyemar2026.xlsx
File SHA-256
9e4a930ec090b4b4a7dfda22f6f5f3b418cfa6a034f977ae99977562f8502ac9
Retrieved
4 September 2026
Sheet
Table A5a
Table
Table A5a
Row
TOTAL PUBLIC ORDER OFFENCES
Column
Apr 2025 to Mar 2026
Cell value
449426
Geography
England and Wales
Unit
offences
API
/api/metrics/prc_public_order · /series · /vintages

Related metrics

Government periods

Change during each government, from the level inherited to the last complete period before it left office. Describes the period; does not attribute cause.

Labour 2024–486,497Year ending March 2024449,426Year ending March 2026↓ 7.6%
Conservative 2019–2024449,348Year ending March 2019486,497Year ending March 2024↑ 8.3%
Conservative 2017–2019284,571Year ending March 2017449,348Year ending March 2019↑ 57.9%
Conservative 2015–2017159,217Year ending March 2015284,571Year ending March 2017↑ 78.7%
Coalition 2010–2015188,254Year ending March 2010159,217Year ending March 2015↓ 15.4%
Labour 2005–2010191,872Year ending March 2005188,254Year ending March 2010↓ 1.9%

Full comparison with chart

Release
Year ending March 2026 · publication page
Last updated
23 July 2026
Next scheduled release
22 October 2026 (official date)