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Theft and handling stolen goods, 1898 to 2001/02: record highs and lows

The extremes of theft and handling stolen goods, 1898 to 2001/02 as published by Home Office, across the 105 periods held here (1898 to Year ending March 2002). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

2,851,6381992

Lowest published

58,7851899

The full series

Theft and handling stolen goods, 1898 to 2001/02: 1898 to Year ending March 2002ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01m2m19001910192019301940195019601970198019902000Before: Offences counted under the Home Office Counting Rules as they stood before April 1998. After: Offences counted under the widened 1998 Counting Rules, which increased the number counted.methodology change1898: 63,821 offences · published 19 July 20121899: 58,785 offences · published 19 July 20121900: 60,775 offences · published 19 July 20121901: 61,949 offences · published 19 July 20121902: 63,233 offences · published 19 July 20121903: 64,797 offences · published 19 July 20121904: 69,987 offences · published 19 July 20121905: 71,478 offences · published 19 July 20121906: 68,334 offences · published 19 July 20121907: 74,234 offences · published 19 July 20121908: 78,478 offences · published 19 July 20121909: 77,611 offences · published 19 July 20121910: 75,573 offences · published 19 July 20121911: 70,885 offences · published 19 July 20121912: 75,516 offences · published 19 July 20121913: 71,688 offences · published 19 July 20121914: 65,265 offences · published 19 July 20121915: 59,597 offences · published 19 July 20121916: 62,881 offences · published 19 July 20121917: 69,748 offences · published 19 July 20121918: 67,895 offences · published 19 July 20121919: 62,591 offences · published 19 July 20121920: 71,601 offences · published 19 July 20121921: 72,503 offences · published 19 July 20121922: 72,688 offences · published 19 July 20121923: 74,842 offences · published 19 July 20121924: 76,528 offences · published 19 July 20121925: 77,720 offences · published 19 July 20121926: 92,979 offences · published 19 July 20121927: 84,762 offences · published 19 July 20121928: 86,610 offences · published 19 July 20121929: 89,200 offences · published 19 July 20121930: 96,818 offences · published 19 July 20121931: 103,087 offences · published 19 July 20121932: 140,591 offences · published 19 July 20121933: 161,449 offences · published 19 July 20121934: 167,484 offences · published 19 July 20121935: 168,361 offences · published 19 July 20121936: 180,187 offences · published 19 July 20121937: 192,237 offences · published 19 July 20121938: 203,384 offences · published 19 July 20121939: 219,478 offences · published 19 July 20121940: 231,231 offences · published 19 July 20121941: 277,193 offences · published 19 July 20121942: 276,518 offences · published 19 July 20121943: 280,634 offences · published 19 July 20121944: 307,319 offences · published 19 July 20121945: 333,442 offences · published 19 July 20121946: 318,780 offences · published 19 July 20121947: 339,894 offences · published 19 July 20121948: 358,402 offences · published 19 July 20121949: 308,797 offences · published 19 July 20121950: 308,661 offences · published 19 July 20121951: 365,123 offences · published 19 July 20121952: 350,700 offences · published 19 July 20121953: 316,364 offences · published 19 July 20121954: 291,667 offences · published 19 July 20121955: 302,051 offences · published 19 July 20121956: 330,776 offences · published 19 July 20121957: 369,604 offences · published 19 July 20121958: 419,390 offences · published 19 July 20121959: 456,142 offences · published 19 July 20121960: 500,954 offences · published 19 July 20121961: 545,207 offences · published 19 July 20121962: 604,349 offences · published 19 July 20121963: 653,404 offences · published 19 July 20121964: 721,779 offences · published 19 July 20121965: 763,561 offences · published 19 July 20121966: 797,666 offences · published 19 July 20121967: 807,829 offences · published 19 July 20121968: 853,085 offences · published 19 July 20121969: 911,500 offences · published 19 July 20121970: 952,666 offences · published 19 July 20121971: 1,003,645 offences · published 19 July 20121972: 1,009,472 offences · published 19 July 20121973: 998,810 offences · published 19 July 20121974: 1,189,863 offences · published 19 July 20121975: 1,267,674 offences · published 19 July 20121976: 1,285,672 offences · published 19 July 20121977: 1,487,549 offences · published 19 July 20121978: 1,441,253 offences · published 19 July 20121979: 1,416,143 offences · published 19 July 20121980: 1,463,469 offences · published 19 July 20121981: 1,603,151 offences · published 19 July 20121982: 1,755,853 offences · published 19 July 20121983: 1,705,924 offences · published 19 July 20121984: 1,807,981 offences · published 19 July 20121985: 1,884,069 offences · published 19 July 20121986: 2,003,873 offences · published 19 July 20121987: 2,052,005 offences · published 19 July 20121988: 1,931,274 offences · published 19 July 20121989: 2,012,760 offences · published 19 July 20121990: 2,374,409 offences · published 19 July 20121991: 2,761,119 offences · published 19 July 20121992: 2,851,638 offences · published 19 July 20121993: 2,751,901 offences · published 19 July 20121994: 2,564,608 offences · published 19 July 20121995: 2,452,109 offences · published 19 July 20121996: 2,383,946 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1998: 2,144,973 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1999: 2,191,439 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2000: 2,223,620 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2001: 2,145,372 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2002: 2,266,964 offences · published 19 July 2012
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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.