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Robbery (police-recorded): record highs and lows

The extremes of robbery (police-recorded) as published by ONS, across the 24 periods held here (Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 87,362 in Year ending March 2026, is the highest since Year ending March 2020, when it was 90,196 — every period between was lower. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

110,271Year ending March 2003

Lowest published

50,154Year ending March 2015

The full series

Robbery (police-recorded): Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour050k100k20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 110,271 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 103,736 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 91,010 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 98,198 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 101,376 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 84,773 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 80,130 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 75,105 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 76,189 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 74,688 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 65,155 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 57,828 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 50,154 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 51,234 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 59,418 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 77,253 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 85,936 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 90,196 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 59,650 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 66,200 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 75,019 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 81,023 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 79,289 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 87,362 offences · published 23 July 2026
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The chart as a table
PeriodRobbery (police-recorded)
Year ending March 2003110,271 offences
Year ending March 2004103,736 offences
Year ending March 200591,010 offences
Year ending March 200698,198 offences
Year ending March 2007101,376 offences
Year ending March 200884,773 offences
Year ending March 200980,130 offences
Year ending March 201075,105 offences
Year ending March 201176,189 offences
Year ending March 201274,688 offences
Year ending March 201365,155 offences
Year ending March 201457,828 offences
Year ending March 201550,154 offences
Year ending March 201651,234 offences
Year ending March 201759,418 offences
Year ending March 201877,253 offences
Year ending March 201985,936 offences
Year ending March 202090,196 offences
Year ending March 202159,650 offences
Year ending March 202266,200 offences
Year ending March 202375,019 offences
Year ending March 202481,023 offences
Year ending March 202579,289 offences
Year ending March 202687,362 offences

What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.