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ONS · offence category: 33A Making, supplying or possessing articles for use in fraud

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud): 33A Making, supplying or possessing articles for use in fraud

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

4,693offences

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) for 33A Making, supplying or possessing articles for use in fraud totalled 4,693 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 22.9% (1,396) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A5a
  3. Making, supplying or possessing articles for use in fraud
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 1078 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2014 to Year ending March 2026

Police-recorded crime by offence: Year ending March 2014 to Year ending March 2026CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k2014201620182020202220242026Year ending March 2014: 2,927 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 2,448 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 2,640 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 2,280 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 1,848 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 1,829 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 1,759 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 1,307 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 1,194 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 1,162 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 1,219 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 1,234 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 1,078 offences · published 23 July 2026
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What this measures

The number of offences recorded by the police in England and Wales for every offence and offence group in the ONS appendix table, for each year ending March since 2003. Coded rows are individual Home Office offence codes; rows marked (subtotal) are the groups the ONS prints without a code.

Offences whose code was retired or introduced part way through the series (shown as unavailable for those years), or fraud reported to Action Fraud and Report Fraud for the latest year.

Source

Dataset
Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 9e4a930ec090b4b4…
All values
Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) by offence category