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ONS · offence group: Stealth theft from person

Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud): Stealth theft from person

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

541,000incidents

Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud) for Stealth theft from person totalled 541,000 incidents in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 29.6% (228,000) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A1a
  3. Stealth theft from person
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 150 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

1981 to Year ending March 2026

Crime Survey incidents by offence group: 1981 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0200k400k19902000201020201981: 258,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261983: 315,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261987: 168,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261991: 264,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261993: 345,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261995: 365,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261997: 358,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261999: 322,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2002: 334,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2003: 373,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 345,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 285,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 322,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 318,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 325,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 423,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 302,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 297,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 319,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 321,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 313,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 203,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 197,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 194,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 175,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 209,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 191,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 112,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 126,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 153,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 150,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026
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What this measures

The Crime Survey for England and Wales estimate of the number of incidents experienced by people aged 16 and over and households, for every offence group in the headline table, for each survey year since 1981.

Unweighted sample sizes, the burglary sub-rows the ONS prints under more than one heading (with entry, with loss, no loss, attempts), or the survey years suspended during the pandemic.

Source

Dataset
Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 9e4a930ec090b4b4…
All values
Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud) by offence group