Historical trend
Trend summary
Police recorded crime total was 5.24m in 2025, down from 5.34m in 2024.
Trend
- Over the available record (2007-08–2025), it has ranged from 3.51m in 2013-14 to 5.58m in 2022-23.
- The latest reading is above the record average of 4.57m.
Context
- Excludes fraud and computer misuse; those offences add approximately 5.2 million if included (from CSEW estimates).
- Source: ONS Crime in England and Wales Appendix Tables, year ending December 2025 (Table D4).
Generated from the published series — describes direction, magnitude and range only, with no editorial judgement or forecasts.
About this indicator
- Source
- Home Office
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Last updated
- 20 July 2026
- Next update
- 20 July 2027
- Licence
- OGL v3
- Direction
- ↓ Falling
Statistics
- Latest
- 5.24m offences
- Period high
- 5.34m offences
- Period low
- 5.24m offences
- Period average
- 5.29m offences