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What proportion of people of each ethnic group are victims of crime?
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Why
The Crime Survey for England and Wales publishes the proportion of adults who were victims of headline crime by personal characteristics including ethnicity in the ONS "Crime in England and Wales: annual supplementary tables" (Table A1; year ending March 2026 edition released 23 July 2026, annual). Ethnicity facts and figures carries a pooled 2017-2020 estimate for 18 ethnic groups.
What is known
What is not known
- Victim ethnicity by police force area or region (sample size)
- Victim ethnicity in police-recorded crime (not recorded except for racially or religiously aggravated offences)
Who holds the data
- ONS (Crime Survey for England and Wales)
Would a Freedom of Information request help?
Unlikely. The estimates are published annually; microdata for finer cuts is available through the UK Data Service.
Privacy and disclosure restrictions
Estimates based on fewer than 50 respondents are suppressed; small groups are pooled across years. The survey excludes people in communal establishments.
Official sources checked
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesannualsupplementarytables
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/crimeinenglandandwalesvictimcharacteristics/latest
- https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/crime-justice-and-the-law/crime-and-reoffending/victims-of-crime/latest/
Last reviewed 2026-09-02. Availability changes; if a publication now answers this question, challenge the classification below.