Headline measures
Crime figures from Crime Survey for England and Wales
Incidents of crime against households and adults estimated from the Crime Survey for England and Wales. Includes fraud and computer misuse.
Figures are survey estimates and subject to sampling variance. Therefore, figures in this chart are rounded to the nearest 100,000 incidents.
Due to the suspension of the CSEW, data are not available between the year ending March 2020 and the year ending March 2022.
Apr 2022 to Mar 2023
8.7 million
Update Dec 2023
In the 12 months to Dec 2023 there were 8.4 million incidents of crime estimated from the CSEW.
Data source
The data source for this measure and more detailed information can be found in the Crime in England and Wales (quarterly) publication.
Publication date
Published: 25 April 2024.
Police recorded crime in England and Wales
Police recorded crime statistics based on data from all 43 forces in England and Wales (including the British Transport Police). All offences including fraud and computer misuse (recorded by Action Fraud or referred to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau since April 2011).
| Period | Police recorded crime in England and Wales |
|---|---|
| Apr 2002 to Mar 2003 | 6.0 million |
| Apr 2003 to Mar 2004 | 6.0 million |
| Apr 2004 to Mar 2005 | 5.6 million |
| Apr 2005 to Mar 2006 | 5.6 million |
| Apr 2006 to Mar 2007 | 5.4 million |
| Apr 2007 to Mar 2008 | 5.0 million |
| Apr 2008 to Mar 2009 | 4.7 million |
| Apr 2009 to Mar 2010 | 4.3 million |
| Apr 2010 to Mar 2011 | 4.2 million |
| Apr 2011 to Mar 2012 | 4.4 million |
| Apr 2012 to Mar 2013 | 4.1 million |
| Apr 2013 to Mar 2014 | 4.0 million |
| Apr 2014 to Mar 2015 | 4.2 million |
| Apr 2015 to Mar 2016 | 4.5 million |
| Apr 2016 to Mar 2017 | 5.0 million |
| Apr 2017 to Mar 2018 | 5.5 million |
| Apr 2018 to Mar 2019 | 6.0 million |
| Apr 2019 to Mar 2020 | 6.1 million |
| Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 | 5.4 million |
| Apr 2021 to Mar 2022 | 6.3 million |
| Apr 2022 to Mar 2023 | 6.7 million |
Apr 2022 to Mar 2023
6.7 million
Update Dec 2023
In the 12 months to Dec 2023 there were 6.7 million offences of crime recorded by police.
Data source
The data source for this measure and more detailed information can be found in the Crime in England and Wales (quarterly) publication.
Publication date
Published: 25 April 2024.
Estimated total cost of crime in England and Wales
The economic and social costs of crime estimates are important in helping to develop an understanding of the wider costs and benefits associated with changes in the number of crimes.
The linked report estimates the total costs of crime in England and Wales in 2015/16 to be approximately £50bn for crimes against individuals and £9bn for crimes against businesses. Violent crimes make up the largest proportion of the total costs of individual crime - almost three quarters - but only one third of the number of crimes.
For the source of this information and more details please refer to the publication: The economic and social costs of crime
Published: 23 July 2018.
2015/16
£58.9bn
Prison population
Total number of prisoners at a specific point in time each year.
| Period | Prison population |
|---|---|
| 30-Jun-2002 | 71,218 |
| 30-Jun-2003 | 73,657 |
| 30-Jun-2004 | 74,488 |
| 30-Jun-2005 | 76,190 |
| 30-Jun-2006 | 77,982 |
| 30-Jun-2007 | 79,734 |
| 30-Jun-2008 | 83,194 |
| 30-Jun-2009 | 83,391 |
| 30-Jun-2010 | 85,002 |
| 30-Jun-2011 | 85,374 |
| 30-Jun-2012 | 86,048 |
| 30-Jun-2013 | 83,842 |
| 30-Jun-2014 | 85,509 |
| 30-Jun-2015 | 86,193 |
| 30-Jun-2016 | 85,134 |
| 30-Jun-2017 | 85,863 |
| 30-Jun-2018 | 82,773 |
| 30-Jun-2019 | 82,710 |
| 30-Jun-2020 | 79,514 |
| 30-Jun-2021 | 78,324 |
| 30-Jun-2022 | 80,659 |
| 30-Jun-2023 | 85,851 |
30-Jun-2023
85,851
Update 31 Mar 2024
The prison population at 31 Mar 2024 was 87,869.
Data source
The data source for this measure and more detailed information can be found in the Offender management statistics quarterly publication.
Publication date
Published: 25 April 2024. Next publication: 25 July 2024 9:30am.
Probation caseload
The statistics count each person once for each type of probation supervision being received on the date shown. In addition, each person is counted once only in each total or sub-total even if they are subject to several types of probation supervision on the date shown. For example, if a person is subject to both a community order and a Supervision Default Order on the date shown, then the person would be counted once only within the overall total for all supervision.
| Period | Probation caseload |
|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2010 | 239,041 |
| 30 Jun 2011 | 236,154 |
| 30 Jun 2012 | 230,736 |
| 30 Jun 2013 | 219,548 |
| 30 Jun 2014 | 217,866 |
| 30 Jun 2015 | 228,844 |
| 30 Jun 2016 | 258,748 |
| 30 Jun 2017 | 262,347 |
| 30 Sep 2017 | 265,047 |
| 31 Dec 2017 | 264,649 |
| 31 Mar 2018 | 262,758 |
| 30 Jun 2018 | 261,196 |
| 30 Sep 2018 | 258,157 |
| 31 Dec 2018 | 256,010 |
| 31 Mar 2019 | 255,264 |
| 30 Jun 2019 | 254,165 |
| 30 Sep 2019 | 252,197 |
| 31 Dec 2019 | 247,759 |
| 31 Mar 2020 | 241,350 |
| 30 Jun 2020 | 224,587 |
| 30 Sep 2020 | 222,657 |
| 31 Dec 2020 | 223,973 |
| 31 Mar 2021 | 224,174 |
| 30 Jun 2021 | 230,578 |
| 30 Sep 2021 | 234,827 |
| 31 Dec 2021 | 238,500 |
| 31 Mar 2022 | 240,922 |
| 30 Jun 2022 | 243,127 |
| 30 Sep 2022 | 240,674 |
| 31 Dec 2022 | 240,431 |
| 31 Mar 2023 | 239,518 |
| 30 Jun 2023 | 238,264 |
| 30 Sep 2023 | 238,163 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | 238,765 |
31 Dec 2023
238,765
Data source
The data source for this measure and more detailed information can be found in the Offender management statistics quarterly publication.
Publication date
Published: 25 April 2024. Next publication: 25 July 2024 9:30am.
Proven reoffending rate
Proportion of all offenders who reoffend (%).
Although not directly affected by the operational restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this latest offender cohort period does overlap with a period of on-going recovery for the courts and with the Criminal Bar Association strikes.
| Period | Proven reoffending rate |
|---|---|
| Apr - Jun 2009 | 30.7% |
| Jul - Sep 2009 | 30.9% |
| Oct - Dec 2009 | 31.0% |
| Jan - Mar 2010 | 31.3% |
| Apr - Jun 2010 | 31.3% |
| Jul - Sep 2010 | 31.5% |
| Oct - Dec 2010 | 31.7% |
| Jan - Mar 2011 | 31.8% |
| Apr - Jun 2011 | 31.8% |
| Jul - Sep 2011 | 31.6% |
| Oct - Dec 2011 | 30.9% |
| Jan - Mar 2012 | 30.8% |
| Apr - Jun 2012 | 30.8% |
| Jul - Sep 2012 | 30.8% |
| Oct - Dec 2012 | 30.8% |
| Jan - Mar 2013 | 31.3% |
| Apr - Jun 2013 | 31.7% |
| Jul - Sep 2013 | 31.5% |
| Oct - Dec 2013 | 30.7% |
| Jan - Mar 2014 | 30.6% |
| Apr - Jun 2014 | 30.5% |
| Jul - Sep 2014 | 30.3% |
| Oct - Dec 2014 | 29.8% |
| Jan - Mar 2015 | 29.4% |
| Apr - Jun 2015 | 29.5% |
| Jul - Sep 2015 | 29.2% |
| Oct - Dec 2015 | 29.6% |
| Jan - Mar 2016 | 29.6% |
| Apr - Jun 2016 | 29.4% |
| Jul - Sep 2016 | 29.5% |
| Oct - Dec 2016 | 29.4% |
| Jan - Mar 2017 | 29.2% |
| Apr - Jun 2017 | 29.8% |
| Jul - Sep 2017 | 29.3% |
| Oct - Dec 2017 | 28.8% |
| Jan - Mar 2018 | 28.7% |
| Apr - Jun 2018 | 28.8% |
| Jul - Sep 2018 | 28.6% |
| Oct - Dec 2018 | 28.1% |
| Jan - Mar 2019 | 26.7% |
| Apr - Jun 2019 | 26.3% |
| Jul - Sep 2019 | 26.0% |
| Oct - Dec 2019 | 25.2% |
| Jan - Mar 2020 | 24.7% |
| Apr - Jun 2020 | 29.0% |
| Jul - Sep 2020 | 23.5% |
| Oct - Dec 2020 | 23.1% |
| Jan - Mar 2021 | 24.3% |
| Apr - Jun 2021 | 24.8% |
| Jul - Sep 2021 | 25.2% |
| Oct - Dec 2021 | 25.4% |
| Jan - Mar 2022 | 25.5% |
| Apr - Jun 2022 | 25.8% |
Apr - Jun 2022
25.8%
Data source
The data source for this measure and more detailed information can be found in the Proven reoffending statistics (quarterly) publication.
Publication date
Published: 25 April 2024. Next publication: 25 July 2024 9:30am.
Crown court disposals
A count of the number of cases only when all the offences have been completed (following a validation process) in the reporting period. Disposals figures in this report may change if the case results are entered after the first collation of the data.
Jan - Dec 2023
99,304
Data source
The data source for this measure and more detailed information can be found in the Criminal court statistics quarterly publication.
Publication date
Published: 28 March 2024. Next publication: 20 June 2024 9:30am.
Crown court outstanding
A count of all cases where one or more offence remains incomplete. The data is a snapshot based on outstanding cases on the final day of the reporting period. This is a count of live cases on the system and is not a calculation based on receipts and disposals. Transferred cases may be double counted for a period while they show in both sending and receiving courts; offences subsequently entered in error may change the categorisation of the case.
31 Dec 2023
67,573
Data source
The data source for this measure and more detailed information can be found in the Criminal court statistics quarterly publication.
Publication date
Published: 28 March 2024. Next publication: 20 June 2024 9:30am.
Magistrates' courts disposals
A count of the number of cases only when all the offences have been completed (following a validation process) in the reporting period. Disposals figures in this report may change if the case results are entered after the first collation of the data.
| Period | Magistrates' courts disposals |
|---|---|
| Jan - Dec 2012 | 1,179,639 |
| Jan - Dec 2013 | 1,556,261 |
| Jan - Dec 2014 | 1,570,660 |
| Jan - Dec 2015 | 1,594,051 |
| Jan - Dec 2016 | 1,566,357 |
| Jan - Dec 2017 | 1,509,022 |
| Jan - Dec 2018 | 1,456,735 |
| Jan - Dec 2019 | 1,441,903 |
| Jan - Dec 2020 | 1,041,013 |
| Jan - Dec 2021 | 1,174,297 |
| Jan - Dec 2022 | 1,266,305 |
| Jan - Dec 2023 | 1,338,015 |
Jan - Dec 2023
1,338,015
Data source
The data source for this measure and more detailed information can be found in the Criminal court statistics quarterly publication.
Publication date
Published: 28 March 2024. Next publication: 20 June 2024 9:30am.
Civil courts - total judgments
Total number of judgments in the county courts. Some civil cases are resolved via mediation or settled out of court and don't proceed to a judgment.
| Period | Civil courts - total judgments |
|---|---|
| Jan - Dec 2009 | 982,464 |
| Jan - Dec 2010 | 794,311 |
| Jan - Dec 2011 | 748,586 |
| Jan - Dec 2012 | 663,457 |
| Jan - Dec 2013 | 667,168 |
| Jan - Dec 2014 | 831,541 |
| Jan - Dec 2015 | 867,665 |
| Jan - Dec 2016 | 1,055,035 |
| Jan - Dec 2017 | 1,284,364 |
| Jan - Dec 2018 | 1,291,142 |
| Jan - Dec 2019 | 1,323,750 |
| Jan - Dec 2020 | 727,438 |
| Jan - Dec 2021 | 980,474 |
| Jan - Dec 2022 | 901,278 |
| Jan - Dec 2023 | 1,058,140 |
Jan - Dec 2023
1,058,140
Data source
The data source for this measure and more detailed information can be found in the Civil justice statistics (quarterly) publication.
Publication date
Published: 7 March 2024. Next publication: 06 June 2024 9:30am.
Family court - total cases disposed
Total cases disposed at family court.
Data for 2023 are not available. Please refer to the data quality issues section of the accompanying bulletin for further details.
| Period | Family court - total cases disposed |
|---|---|
| Jan - Dec 2011 | 233,537 |
| Jan - Dec 2012 | 234,768 |
| Jan - Dec 2013 | 240,723 |
| Jan - Dec 2014 | 248,790 |
| Jan - Dec 2015 | 221,528 |
| Jan - Dec 2016 | 228,829 |
| Jan - Dec 2017 | 226,776 |
| Jan - Dec 2018 | 214,164 |
| Jan - Dec 2019 | 234,200 |
| Jan - Dec 2020 | 225,742 |
| Jan - Dec 2021 | 249,488 |
| Jan - Dec 2022 | 204,295 |
| Jan - Dec 2023 |
Jan - Dec 2023
-
Data source
The data source for this measure and more detailed information can be found in the Family court statistics quarterly publication.
Publication date
Published: 28 March 2024. Next publication: 27 June 2024 9:30am.
Tribunals disposals - overall
The overall total for 2021/22 and 2022/23 is unavailable due to migration of some tribunals.
An 'Interim Total' has been calculated for 2022/23. This is the sum of all the tribunals excluding those tribunals with data missing or incomplete i.e. Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber). These tribunals are being migrated to a new case management system and will be made available as soon as possible.
| Period | Tribunals disposals - overall |
|---|---|
| Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 | 550,148 |
| Apr 2008 - Mar 2009 | 568,671 |
| Apr 2009 - Mar 2010 | 649,920 |
| Apr 2010 - Mar 2011 | 726,939 |
| Apr 2011 - Mar 2012 | 748,820 |
| Apr 2012 - Mar 2013 | 749,283 |
| Apr 2013 - Mar 2014 | 878,007 |
| Apr 2014 - Mar 2015 | 649,068 |
| Apr 2015 - Mar 2016 | 372,926 |
| Apr 2016 - Mar 2017 | 394,102 |
| Apr 2017 - Mar 2018 | 407,638 |
| Apr 2018 - Mar 2019 | 400,816 |
| Apr 2019 - Mar 2020 | 378,629 |
| Apr 2020 - Mar 2021 | 265,628 |
| Apr 2021 - Mar 2022 | |
| Apr 2022 - Mar 2023 | 298,219 |
Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
298,219
Data source
The data source for this measure and more detailed information can be found in the Tribunals statistics quarterly publication.
Publication date
Published: 14 March 2024. Next publication: 13 June 2024 9:30am.