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Violence against the person, 1898 to 2001/02

Violence against the person, 1898 to 2001/02: 1898 to Year ending March 2002ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200k400k600k19001910192019301940195019601970198019902000Before: 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: 2,144 offences · published 19 July 20121899: 1,979 offences · published 19 July 20121900: 1,908 offences · published 19 July 20121901: 2,068 offences · published 19 July 20121902: 2,059 offences · published 19 July 20121903: 1,946 offences · published 19 July 20121904: 1,828 offences · published 19 July 20121905: 1,934 offences · published 19 July 20121906: 2,007 offences · published 19 July 20121907: 2,164 offences · published 19 July 20121908: 2,072 offences · published 19 July 20121909: 2,104 offences · published 19 July 20121910: 1,972 offences · published 19 July 20121911: 2,113 offences · published 19 July 20121912: 2,117 offences · published 19 July 20121913: 2,004 offences · published 19 July 20121914: 1,729 offences · published 19 July 20121915: 1,367 offences · published 19 July 20121916: 1,219 offences · published 19 July 20121917: 1,030 offences · published 19 July 20121918: 1,042 offences · published 19 July 20121919: 1,483 offences · published 19 July 20121920: 1,546 offences · published 19 July 20121921: 1,398 offences · published 19 July 20121922: 1,251 offences · published 19 July 20121923: 1,269 offences · published 19 July 20121924: 1,259 offences · published 19 July 20121925: 1,495 offences · published 19 July 20121926: 1,719 offences · published 19 July 20121927: 1,846 offences · published 19 July 20121928: 1,898 offences · published 19 July 20121929: 1,987 offences · published 19 July 20121930: 2,123 offences · published 19 July 20121931: 1,992 offences · published 19 July 20121932: 1,910 offences · published 19 July 20121933: 2,094 offences · published 19 July 20121934: 2,266 offences · published 19 July 20121935: 2,431 offences · published 19 July 20121936: 2,545 offences · published 19 July 20121937: 2,723 offences · published 19 July 20121938: 2,721 offences · published 19 July 20121939: 2,899 offences · published 19 July 20121940: 2,424 offences · published 19 July 20121941: 2,727 offences · published 19 July 20121942: 3,050 offences · published 19 July 20121943: 3,432 offences · published 19 July 20121944: 4,162 offences · published 19 July 20121945: 4,743 offences · published 19 July 20121946: 4,062 offences · published 19 July 20121947: 4,408 offences · published 19 July 20121948: 5,183 offences · published 19 July 20121949: 5,235 offences · published 19 July 20121950: 6,249 offences · published 19 July 20121951: 6,516 offences · published 19 July 20121952: 6,997 offences · published 19 July 20121953: 7,083 offences · published 19 July 20121954: 7,506 offences · published 19 July 20121955: 7,884 offences · published 19 July 20121956: 9,307 offences · published 19 July 20121957: 10,960 offences · published 19 July 20121958: 12,137 offences · published 19 July 20121959: 13,876 offences · published 19 July 20121960: 15,759 offences · published 19 July 20121961: 17,601 offences · published 19 July 20121962: 17,948 offences · published 19 July 20121963: 20,083 offences · published 19 July 20121964: 23,470 offences · published 19 July 20121965: 25,548 offences · published 19 July 20121966: 26,716 offences · published 19 July 20121967: 29,048 offences · published 19 July 20121968: 31,850 offences · published 19 July 20121969: 37,818 offences · published 19 July 20121970: 41,088 offences · published 19 July 20121971: 47,036 offences · published 19 July 20121972: 52,432 offences · published 19 July 20121973: 61,299 offences · published 19 July 20121974: 63,781 offences · published 19 July 20121975: 71,002 offences · published 19 July 20121976: 77,748 offences · published 19 July 20121977: 82,190 offences · published 19 July 20121978: 87,073 offences · published 19 July 20121979: 94,960 offences · published 19 July 20121980: 97,246 offences · published 19 July 20121981: 100,207 offences · published 19 July 20121982: 108,695 offences · published 19 July 20121983: 111,342 offences · published 19 July 20121984: 114,187 offences · published 19 July 20121985: 121,731 offences · published 19 July 20121986: 125,499 offences · published 19 July 20121987: 141,042 offences · published 19 July 20121988: 158,248 offences · published 19 July 20121989: 176,962 offences · published 19 July 20121990: 184,665 offences · published 19 July 20121991: 190,339 offences · published 19 July 20121992: 201,777 offences · published 19 July 20121993: 205,102 offences · published 19 July 20121994: 218,354 offences · published 19 July 20121995: 212,588 offences · published 19 July 20121996: 239,340 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1998: 256,070 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1999: 502,788 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2000: 581,034 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2001: 600,922 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2002: 650,330 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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