Public order offences (police-recorded) during the Labour 2005–2010 government
Year ending March 2005 → Year ending March 2010 · 5 periods
↓ 1.9%−3,618 offences
Public order offences (police-recorded) fell by 1.9% over the period, from 191,872 offences (Year ending March 2005, the level when the government took office) to 188,254 (Year ending March 2010, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2005: 191,872
Level when it left Year ending March 2010: 188,254
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.