UK crime: Kidnapping in England and Wales 2002-2018

Number of police recorded kidnapping offences in England and Wales from 2002/03 to 2016/17

The data displays the number of police recorded kidnapping offences in England and Wales from 2002/03 to 2017/18. The number of kidnapping offences fluctuated during the observed period, peaking in 2017/18 when there were over 4 thousand offences of this type.

02/03 3198
03/04 3141
04/05 2814
05/06 2799
06/07 2367
07/08 1991
08/09 2035
09/10 1860
10/11 1717
11/12 1516
12/13 1388
13/14 1728
14/15 2187
15/16 3007
16/17 3853
17/18 4591