Police recorded crime by offence group, England and Wales
Official statistics, not accredited
Offences the police recorded in England and Wales in the latest year and the year before, by offence group, excluding fraud and computer misuse, from the ONS's Crime in England and Wales appendix tables.
Offences recorded, excluding fraud
5,246,650
Year ending June 2026 · down 0.7% on the year before
Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:52 UTC- Year ending June 2026
- Year ending June 2025
Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
9 rows
| Category | Year ending June 2026 | Year ending June 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Violence against the person | 1,968,215 | 1,942,863 |
| Theft offences | 1,644,292 | 1,735,872 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 457,556 | 459,416 |
| Public order offences | 449,490 | 452,537 |
| Drug offences | 225,118 | 218,349 |
| Sexual offences | 218,994 | 210,827 |
| Miscellaneous crimes against society | 130,971 | 126,064 |
| Robbery | 88,282 | 80,469 |
| Possession of weapons offences | 63,732 | 58,861 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Office for National Statistics
- Check it yourself
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 30 October 2026, 11:44 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables/dataSHA-256 96bd35b8080b00aeee51680d0c8f2a128a3378fd868f80c2ed49d25799556ee3 · 7,270 bytes
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables/yearendingjune2026/dataSHA-256 38f7faefd91f832adf616aeb2a5d0fc2054add6a55c60a18c615d2e8c238812d · 373 bytes
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables/yearendingjune2026/appendixtablesyejun2026.xlsxSHA-256 fef56c9f3100bec87b73b3fdd1b411bf1d6bae98cd1362d704ae6de197204a65 · 1,342,302 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:52 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:52 UTC; 18 of 18 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-30T11:44:50Z; 3 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 3 of 3 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 18 of 18 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 18 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 18 of 18 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | ONS edition is current | the yearendingjune2026 edition counts at 2026-06-30, 122 days before retrieval (limit 250) |
| Pass | Police force area table P1 agrees | 9 of 9 offence groups and the total match the England and Wales row of https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/policeforceareadatatables/yearendingjune2026/pfatablesyejune2026.xlsx |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Counts include offences recorded by the British Transport Police. Recorded crime reflects what is reported to and recorded by the police, which changes with recording practice; the ONS's Crime Survey for England and Wales is its preferred measure of trends in the crimes it covers.
- The ONS's table holds every year ending March since 2003; the hub shows the latest year and the year before.