Public order offences (police-recorded) during the Coalition 2010–2015 government
Year ending March 2010 → Year ending March 2015 · 5 periods
↓ 15.4%−29,037 offences
Public order offences (police-recorded) fell by 15.4% over the period, from 188,254 offences (Year ending March 2010, the level when the government took office) to 159,217 (Year ending March 2015, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2010: 188,254
Level when it left Year ending March 2015: 159,217
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
Police-recorded public order offences in England and Wales in a 12-month period, such as causing fear, alarm or distress.
Doesn’t measure: Anti-social behaviour incidents that are not recorded as crimes, or violence, which is counted separately.