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Victim-reported violence England and Wales 2001 to 2017

Number of victim-reported violent incidents in England and Wales from April 2001 to March 2017 (in thousand)
Created with Highcharts 5.0.142 2772 2772 3072 3072 2132 2132 0102 0101 9841 9842 1032 1031 8151 8151 7741 7741 6871 6871 8961 8961 7441 7441 6661 6661 3271 3271 3111 3111 2681 2681 2401 2402001/02 2002/032003/04 2004/052005/062006/072007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/132013/142014/152015/162016/1705001000150020002500

The data displays the number of victim-reported violent incidents in England and Wales from April 2001 to March 2017. The number of violent offences decreased by over 1 million overall after it peaked at 2.3 million reported incidents in 2002/2003.

2001/02 2277
2002/03 2307
2003/04 2213
2004/05 2010
2005/06 1984
2006/07 2103
2007/08 1815
2008/09 1774
2009/10 1687
2010/11 1896
2011/12 1744
2012/13 1666
2013/14 1327
2014/15 1311
2015/16 1268
2016/17 1240

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