Civometry

Violence against the person, 1898 to 2001/02: record highs and lows

The extremes of violence against the person, 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”.

The latest figure, 650,330 in Year ending March 2002, is the highest in the whole published series of 105 periods. 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

650,330Year ending March 2002

Lowest published

1,0301917

The full series

Violence against the person, 1898 to 2001/02: 1898 to Year ending March 2002ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200k400k600k19001910192019301940195019601970198019902000Before: 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: 2,144 offences · published 19 July 20121899: 1,979 offences · published 19 July 20121900: 1,908 offences · published 19 July 20121901: 2,068 offences · published 19 July 20121902: 2,059 offences · published 19 July 20121903: 1,946 offences · published 19 July 20121904: 1,828 offences · published 19 July 20121905: 1,934 offences · published 19 July 20121906: 2,007 offences · published 19 July 20121907: 2,164 offences · published 19 July 20121908: 2,072 offences · published 19 July 20121909: 2,104 offences · published 19 July 20121910: 1,972 offences · published 19 July 20121911: 2,113 offences · published 19 July 20121912: 2,117 offences · published 19 July 20121913: 2,004 offences · published 19 July 20121914: 1,729 offences · published 19 July 20121915: 1,367 offences · published 19 July 20121916: 1,219 offences · published 19 July 20121917: 1,030 offences · published 19 July 20121918: 1,042 offences · published 19 July 20121919: 1,483 offences · published 19 July 20121920: 1,546 offences · published 19 July 20121921: 1,398 offences · published 19 July 20121922: 1,251 offences · published 19 July 20121923: 1,269 offences · published 19 July 20121924: 1,259 offences · published 19 July 20121925: 1,495 offences · published 19 July 20121926: 1,719 offences · published 19 July 20121927: 1,846 offences · published 19 July 20121928: 1,898 offences · published 19 July 20121929: 1,987 offences · published 19 July 20121930: 2,123 offences · published 19 July 20121931: 1,992 offences · published 19 July 20121932: 1,910 offences · published 19 July 20121933: 2,094 offences · published 19 July 20121934: 2,266 offences · published 19 July 20121935: 2,431 offences · published 19 July 20121936: 2,545 offences · published 19 July 20121937: 2,723 offences · published 19 July 20121938: 2,721 offences · published 19 July 20121939: 2,899 offences · published 19 July 20121940: 2,424 offences · published 19 July 20121941: 2,727 offences · published 19 July 20121942: 3,050 offences · published 19 July 20121943: 3,432 offences · published 19 July 20121944: 4,162 offences · published 19 July 20121945: 4,743 offences · published 19 July 20121946: 4,062 offences · published 19 July 20121947: 4,408 offences · published 19 July 20121948: 5,183 offences · published 19 July 20121949: 5,235 offences · published 19 July 20121950: 6,249 offences · published 19 July 20121951: 6,516 offences · published 19 July 20121952: 6,997 offences · published 19 July 20121953: 7,083 offences · published 19 July 20121954: 7,506 offences · published 19 July 20121955: 7,884 offences · published 19 July 20121956: 9,307 offences · published 19 July 20121957: 10,960 offences · published 19 July 20121958: 12,137 offences · published 19 July 20121959: 13,876 offences · published 19 July 20121960: 15,759 offences · published 19 July 20121961: 17,601 offences · published 19 July 20121962: 17,948 offences · published 19 July 20121963: 20,083 offences · published 19 July 20121964: 23,470 offences · published 19 July 20121965: 25,548 offences · published 19 July 20121966: 26,716 offences · published 19 July 20121967: 29,048 offences · published 19 July 20121968: 31,850 offences · published 19 July 20121969: 37,818 offences · published 19 July 20121970: 41,088 offences · published 19 July 20121971: 47,036 offences · published 19 July 20121972: 52,432 offences · published 19 July 20121973: 61,299 offences · published 19 July 20121974: 63,781 offences · published 19 July 20121975: 71,002 offences · published 19 July 20121976: 77,748 offences · published 19 July 20121977: 82,190 offences · published 19 July 20121978: 87,073 offences · published 19 July 20121979: 94,960 offences · published 19 July 20121980: 97,246 offences · published 19 July 20121981: 100,207 offences · published 19 July 20121982: 108,695 offences · published 19 July 20121983: 111,342 offences · published 19 July 20121984: 114,187 offences · published 19 July 20121985: 121,731 offences · published 19 July 20121986: 125,499 offences · published 19 July 20121987: 141,042 offences · published 19 July 20121988: 158,248 offences · published 19 July 20121989: 176,962 offences · published 19 July 20121990: 184,665 offences · published 19 July 20121991: 190,339 offences · published 19 July 20121992: 201,777 offences · published 19 July 20121993: 205,102 offences · published 19 July 20121994: 218,354 offences · published 19 July 20121995: 212,588 offences · published 19 July 20121996: 239,340 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1998: 256,070 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1999: 502,788 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2000: 581,034 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2001: 600,922 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2002: 650,330 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.