Updates
In July, we published our annual crime bulletin, Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2025. Alongside the annual bulletin, we published a range of supplementary data in our Crime in England and Wales: annual supplementary tables.
We also updated our user guide to crime statistics and provided a progress update which shared our plans for crime statistics over the next 12 months.
Recent crime related articles and bulletins
Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2025
Published 24 July 2025
The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimated 9.4 million incidents of headline crime (which includes theft, robbery, criminal damage, fraud, computer misuse, and violence with or without injury) in the survey year ending (YE) March 2025. This was 7% higher than last year’s survey (8.8 million incidents in YE March 2024), mainly because of increases in fraud.
Police figures continued to show shoplifting offences at record levels.
Developing a combined measure of domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking, England and Wales: July 2025
Published 24 July 2025
For the first time, we have produced a new estimate combining the prevalence measures of domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking from the CSEW. This will become the main measure for monitoring the Government's ambition to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade within the Safer Streets Mission.
Evaluating a new measure of domestic abuse
Published 16 May 2025
Domestic abuse estimates for year ending (YE) March 2024 and YE March 2025 are derived from a new set of CSEW questions to provide a better measure of domestic abuse.
Redevelopment of domestic abuse statistics: research update May 2025
Published 16 May 2025
Update on the ongoing research to redevelop statistics on domestic abuse from the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
A full list of our publications is available on the Crime and Justice webpage.
Future publications
08 August 2025
Crime Survey for England and Wales transformation – Discovery Part 2: Mental Models Research
Crime Survey for England and Wales consultation response update: August 2025
19 August 2025
Perception and experience of police and the criminal justice system, England and Wales, year ending March 2025
25 September 2025
The nature of violent crime appendix tables: year ending March 2025
Offences involving the use of weapons data tables: year ending March 2025
Stalking: findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, year ending March 2025
23 October 2025
Crime in England and Wales: year ending June 2025
Other crime and justice statistics
Other sources of crime and justice statistics which you may find useful include Home Office crime statistics where you can access:
· Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables
· Police powers and procedures
Devolved governments:
· The Scottish Government
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
Accessing our data
Our CSEW microdata can be accessed through the UK Data Service that has End User Licence versions of datasets going back to 1983, or the Secure Research Service that enables access for approved researchers to CSEW microdata for sensitive data and the self-completion module.
Learn more about how crime statistics are created
is our series of free webinars for the public. With guest speakers from across the public sector, the series breaks down the life cycle of statistics, from how producers of official statistics gather data to releasing the figures that shape the future.
If you missed our webinar on crime statistics in April, 'The story of crime in numbers', you can catch up by on the ONS website.
The takes place on 8 September and explores the creation and use of GDP statistics.
Explore the refreshed StatsUserNetwork
StatsUserNetwork is a forum for users and producers of official statistics to share knowledge, ask questions, and discuss all things data. We are pleased to announce that the new version of the online discussion forum, previously known as StatsUserNet, is live. The forum has been reworked following extensive user research and engagement, and now has a number of new features including:
- better profile creation to connect users with similar interests
- reorganising the site by groups, so users can focus on the statistical topics that are important to them
- options for users to publish/share information in a variety of ways, from simple forum comments to content-rich blogs
You can sign up right now by going to the StatsUserNetwork home page and following the sign-up instructions. Useful guidance on getting started on the new site can be found in the ‘About us’ section located in the top toolbar. The team are also hosting some demonstrations of the new site which you can sign up to attend here. If you have any questions regarding StatsUserNetwork, please contact us on statsusernetwork@ons.gov.uk.
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