crime statistics

• how crime is measured

  • victim surveys - crime survey for England and Wales
  • self report studies
  • police recorded crime
• telephone operated CSEW found 11.5 million offences in 2020
• theft, violence against person and sexual assault are most common types of crimes
• crime survey for England and Wales

  • victim-report survey that estimates the amount of crime in UK
• homicide 


  according to police recorded figures

  2017 - 717 per year

  2020 - 725 per year

  due to domestic terrorism, human trafficking incidents

  e.g Manchester bombing
• knife crime

  • police recorded - 1% decrease in knife offences in 2020
  • 1/3 knife crime linked to robbery
• firearms offences

  • 6,228 offences in 2020, decrease of 9% in 2019
  • largest decline in lockdown - 23% decrease
• violent offences 


  csew - 1.4 million violent offences in 2020

  police recorded - 3% increase in violent crime
• sexual offences and domestic violence

  • CSEW 2.2% adults experienced sexual assault
  • lower domestic violence 6.1% in 2020 compared to 8.9% in 2005
• fraud

  • 4% increase in fraud offences in 2020
  • CSEW - 4.3 million fraud offences in 2020