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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)

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