{"metric":"prc_theft_1898_2002","title":"Theft and handling stolen goods, 1898 to 2001/02","topic":"crime","unit":"offences","measure_type":"count","geography":"K04000001","comparison_method":"year_on_year","latest":{"period_start":"2001-04-01","period_end":"2002-03-31","period_label":"Year ending March 2002","value":2266964,"status":"final","vintage":"2012-07-19"},"comparison":{"period_label":"Year ending March 2001","value":2145372,"vintage":"2012-07-19"},"source":{"publisher":"Home Office","publication":"Historical crime data: recorded crime 1898 to 2001/02","landing_url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/historical-crime-data","sheet":"RCS 1898 to 2001-02","table":"Recorded crime statistics for England and Wales 1898 - 2001/02","row":"2001/0269","column":"Total theft and handling stolen goods","raw_value":"2266964","file_url":"","file_sha256":"93332237ca52269cbb3743c48b71427aee14be00c3da9ae8922a53eda59ffc71","release_date":"2012-07-19","release_label":"Recorded crime 1898 to 2001/02"},"definition":"Theft and handling stolen goods offences (including theft of and from vehicles, shoplifting, theft from the person and the historical larceny classes) recorded by the police in England and Wales in a calendar year (to 1997) or year ending March (1997/98 to 2001/02).","does_not_measure":"Burglary or robbery (counted separately here but inside the modern theft offences group), fraud, or the years from 2002/03.","links":{"page":"/crime/theft-and-handling-1898-2002","series":"/api/metrics/prc_theft_1898_2002/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/prc_theft_1898_2002/vintages"}}