Violence against the person (police-recorded): record highs and lows
The extremes of violence against the person (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”.
Highest published
2,108,717Year ending March 2023
Lowest published
601,141Year ending March 2013
The full series
The chart as a table
| Period | Violence against the person (police-recorded) |
|---|---|
| Year ending March 2003 | 708,742 offences |
| Year ending March 2004 | 799,247 offences |
| Year ending March 2005 | 845,673 offences |
| Year ending March 2006 | 838,674 offences |
| Year ending March 2007 | 814,865 offences |
| Year ending March 2008 | 748,779 offences |
| Year ending March 2009 | 709,008 offences |
| Year ending March 2010 | 699,011 offences |
| Year ending March 2011 | 665,486 offences |
| Year ending March 2012 | 626,720 offences |
| Year ending March 2013 | 601,141 offences |
| Year ending March 2014 | 634,625 offences |
| Year ending March 2015 | 778,198 offences |
| Year ending March 2016 | 991,624 offences |
| Year ending March 2017 | 1,158,111 offences |
| Year ending March 2018 | 1,397,707 offences |
| Year ending March 2019 | 1,673,441 offences |
| Year ending March 2020 | 1,763,746 offences |
| Year ending March 2021 | 1,775,871 offences |
| Year ending March 2022 | 2,095,173 offences |
| Year ending March 2023 | 2,108,717 offences |
| Year ending March 2024 | 2,014,005 offences |
| Year ending March 2025 | 1,937,944 offences |
| Year ending March 2026 | 1,962,413 offences |
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.