Crimes recorded in England and Wales (2015-2016)

Cards (8)

  • For violence against a person, there were 994,444 recorded crimes, only 177,956 were charged, the outcome rate was 17.9%
  • For sexual offence, there were 106,378 recorded crimes, only 17,494 were charged, the outcome rate was 16.4%
  • For robbery, there were 50,904 recorded crimes, only 8,278 were charged, the outcome rate was 16.3%
  • For theft offence, there were 1,760,305 recorded crimes, only 174,885 were charged, the outcome rate was 9.9%
  • For criminal damage and arson, there were 539,909 recorded crimes, only 43,353 were charged, the outcome rate was 8%
  • For drug offence, there were 147,557 recorded crimes, only 57,457 were charged, the outcome rate was 38.9%
  • For possession of weapons offence, there were 25,502 recorded crimes, only 14,556 were charged, the outcome rate was 57.1%
  • For public order offence, there were 204,616 recorded crimes, only 46,164 were charged, the outcome rate was 22.6%