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Arrests for notifiable offences under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

Arrests for notifiable offences: Year ending March 2007 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0500k1m2010201520202025Year ending March 2007: 1,474,843 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2008: 1,475,266 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2009: 1,462,139 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2010: 1,385,322 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2011: 1,353,740 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2012: 1,225,123 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2013: 1,068,823 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2014: 1,021,356 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2015: 941,692 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2016: 879,570 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2017: 762,419 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2018: 693,681 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2019: 685,176 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2020: 676,476 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2021: 646,215 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2022: 648,714 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2023: 667,799 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2024: 721,103 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2025: 754,046 arrests · published 19 August 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – presentFewer than two periods have been published during this government, so no change is shown yet.
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 2024685,176Year ending March 2019721,103Year ending March 2024↑ 5.2%+35,927
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 2019762,419Year ending March 2017685,176Year ending March 2019↓ 10.1%−77,243
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 2017941,692Year ending March 2015762,419Year ending March 2017↓ 19.0%−179,273
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 20151,385,322Year ending March 2010941,692Year ending March 2015↓ 32.0%−443,630
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 2010No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.