ONS · 5 July 2024present

Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud) during the Labour 2024– government

Year ending March 2024Year ending March 2026 · 2 periods

9.4%+828,000 incidents

Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud) rose by 9.4% over the period, from 8,787,000 incidents (Year ending March 2024, the level when the government took office) to 9,615,000 (Year ending March 2026, the latest available).

  1. Inherited level Year ending March 2024: 8,787,000
  2. Latest Year ending March 2026: 9,615,000
  3. 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.

Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud): Year ending March 2017 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05m10m20182020202220242026Year ending March 2017: 11,216,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 10,729,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 11,207,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 10,213,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 8,656,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 8,787,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 9,445,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 9,615,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026

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Definition and caveats

The Crime Survey for England and Wales estimate of the number of crimes experienced by people aged 16 and over and households in a 12-month period, including fraud and computer misuse.

Doesn’t measure: Crimes against businesses, homicide, drug offences, crimes against people under 16, or crimes with no direct victim.