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Home Office · 1898 to Year ending March 2002 · offences

Theft and handling stolen goods, 1898 to 2001/02

Theft and handling stolen goods, 1898 to 2001/02: 1898 to Year ending March 2002ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01m2m19001910192019301940195019601970198019902000Before: Offences counted under the Home Office Counting Rules as they stood before April 1998. After: Offences counted under the widened 1998 Counting Rules, which increased the number counted.methodology change1898: 63,821 offences · published 19 July 20121899: 58,785 offences · published 19 July 20121900: 60,775 offences · published 19 July 20121901: 61,949 offences · published 19 July 20121902: 63,233 offences · published 19 July 20121903: 64,797 offences · published 19 July 20121904: 69,987 offences · published 19 July 20121905: 71,478 offences · published 19 July 20121906: 68,334 offences · published 19 July 20121907: 74,234 offences · published 19 July 20121908: 78,478 offences · published 19 July 20121909: 77,611 offences · published 19 July 20121910: 75,573 offences · published 19 July 20121911: 70,885 offences · published 19 July 20121912: 75,516 offences · published 19 July 20121913: 71,688 offences · published 19 July 20121914: 65,265 offences · published 19 July 20121915: 59,597 offences · published 19 July 20121916: 62,881 offences · published 19 July 20121917: 69,748 offences · published 19 July 20121918: 67,895 offences · published 19 July 20121919: 62,591 offences · published 19 July 20121920: 71,601 offences · published 19 July 20121921: 72,503 offences · published 19 July 20121922: 72,688 offences · published 19 July 20121923: 74,842 offences · published 19 July 20121924: 76,528 offences · published 19 July 20121925: 77,720 offences · published 19 July 20121926: 92,979 offences · published 19 July 20121927: 84,762 offences · published 19 July 20121928: 86,610 offences · published 19 July 20121929: 89,200 offences · published 19 July 20121930: 96,818 offences · published 19 July 20121931: 103,087 offences · published 19 July 20121932: 140,591 offences · published 19 July 20121933: 161,449 offences · published 19 July 20121934: 167,484 offences · published 19 July 20121935: 168,361 offences · published 19 July 20121936: 180,187 offences · published 19 July 20121937: 192,237 offences · published 19 July 20121938: 203,384 offences · published 19 July 20121939: 219,478 offences · published 19 July 20121940: 231,231 offences · published 19 July 20121941: 277,193 offences · published 19 July 20121942: 276,518 offences · published 19 July 20121943: 280,634 offences · published 19 July 20121944: 307,319 offences · published 19 July 20121945: 333,442 offences · published 19 July 20121946: 318,780 offences · published 19 July 20121947: 339,894 offences · published 19 July 20121948: 358,402 offences · published 19 July 20121949: 308,797 offences · published 19 July 20121950: 308,661 offences · published 19 July 20121951: 365,123 offences · published 19 July 20121952: 350,700 offences · published 19 July 20121953: 316,364 offences · published 19 July 20121954: 291,667 offences · published 19 July 20121955: 302,051 offences · published 19 July 20121956: 330,776 offences · published 19 July 20121957: 369,604 offences · published 19 July 20121958: 419,390 offences · published 19 July 20121959: 456,142 offences · published 19 July 20121960: 500,954 offences · published 19 July 20121961: 545,207 offences · published 19 July 20121962: 604,349 offences · published 19 July 20121963: 653,404 offences · published 19 July 20121964: 721,779 offences · published 19 July 20121965: 763,561 offences · published 19 July 20121966: 797,666 offences · published 19 July 20121967: 807,829 offences · published 19 July 20121968: 853,085 offences · published 19 July 20121969: 911,500 offences · published 19 July 20121970: 952,666 offences · published 19 July 20121971: 1,003,645 offences · published 19 July 20121972: 1,009,472 offences · published 19 July 20121973: 998,810 offences · published 19 July 20121974: 1,189,863 offences · published 19 July 20121975: 1,267,674 offences · published 19 July 20121976: 1,285,672 offences · published 19 July 20121977: 1,487,549 offences · published 19 July 20121978: 1,441,253 offences · published 19 July 20121979: 1,416,143 offences · published 19 July 20121980: 1,463,469 offences · published 19 July 20121981: 1,603,151 offences · published 19 July 20121982: 1,755,853 offences · published 19 July 20121983: 1,705,924 offences · published 19 July 20121984: 1,807,981 offences · published 19 July 20121985: 1,884,069 offences · published 19 July 20121986: 2,003,873 offences · published 19 July 20121987: 2,052,005 offences · published 19 July 20121988: 1,931,274 offences · published 19 July 20121989: 2,012,760 offences · published 19 July 20121990: 2,374,409 offences · published 19 July 20121991: 2,761,119 offences · published 19 July 20121992: 2,851,638 offences · published 19 July 20121993: 2,751,901 offences · published 19 July 20121994: 2,564,608 offences · published 19 July 20121995: 2,452,109 offences · published 19 July 20121996: 2,383,946 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1998: 2,144,973 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1999: 2,191,439 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2000: 2,223,620 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2001: 2,145,372 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2002: 2,266,964 offences · published 19 July 2012
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVDashed line: change in coverage or methodShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Source: Home Office, Historical crime data: recorded crime 1898 to 2001/02, Recorded crime 1898 to 2001/02 (published 19 July 2012). Data presentation: Civometry.

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