Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) during the Coalition 2010–2015 government
Year ending March 2010 → Year ending March 2015 · 5 periods
↓ 16.2%−690,484 offences
Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) fell by 16.2% over the period, from 4,265,036 offences (Year ending March 2010, the level when the government took office) to 3,574,552 (Year ending March 2015, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2010: 4,265,036
Level when it left Year ending March 2015: 3,574,552
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
The number of offences recorded by police forces in England and Wales in a 12-month period, excluding fraud and computer misuse.
Doesn’t measure: Crime that was not reported to the police, fraud and computer misuse, or crime in Scotland and Northern Ireland.