Civometry

ONS · 13 December 2019 – 5 July 2024

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) during the Conservative 2019–2024 government

Year ending March 2019 → Year ending March 2024 · 5 periods

↑ 2.6%+136,835 offences

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) rose by 2.6% over the period, from 5,266,025 offences (Year ending March 2019, the level when the government took office) to 5,402,860 (Year ending March 2024, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level Year ending March 2019: 5,266,025
  2. Level when it left Year ending March 2024: 5,402,860
  3. 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.

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud): Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour02m4m20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 5,791,277 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 5,843,549 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 5,476,771 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 5,425,691 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 5,322,377 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 4,881,140 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 4,630,383 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 4,265,036 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 4,078,475 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 3,903,581 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 3,553,168 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 3,506,545 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 3,574,552 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 3,898,526 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 4,321,587 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 4,890,313 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 5,266,025 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 5,304,892 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 4,615,788 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 5,326,547 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 5,578,041 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 5,402,860 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 5,307,433 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 5,235,213 offences · published 23 July 2026
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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.