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UK crime: police recorded crimes in England and Wales 2002-2018

Number of police recorded crimes in England and Wales from 2002/03 to 2017/18

The data displays the amount of police recorded crimes in England and Wales from 2002/03 to 2017/18. Between 2003/04 and 2013/14 there was an overall trend of decreasing crime figures in England and Wales. From 2014/15 onwards crime figures have increased, with 5.5 million offences recorded in 2017/18.

02/03 5974960
03/04 6013759
04/05 5637511
05/06 5555172
06/07 5427558
07/08 4952277
08/09 4702697
09/10 4338295
10/11 4150916
11/12 4379984
12/13 4063571
13/14 4028463
14/15 4167354
15/16 4507310
16/17 4972822
17/18 5515882