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Theft and handling stolen goods, 1898 to 2001/02

Theft and handling stolen goods, 1898 to 2001/02: Year ending March 1998 to Year ending March 2002LabourLabourLabourLabour01m2m19981999200020012002Before: 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 changeYear 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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