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Public order offences (police-recorded): record highs and lows

The extremes of public order offences (police-recorded) as published by ONS, across the 24 periods held here (Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 449,426 in Year ending March 2026, is the lowest since Year ending March 2019, when it was 449,348 — every period between was higher. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly above the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

598,955Year ending March 2022

Lowest published

129,517Year ending March 2003

The full series

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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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.