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Police-recorded crime, 1898 to 2001/02

Police-recorded crime, 1898 to 2001/02: 1898 to Year ending March 2002ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02m4m19001910192019301940195019601970198019902000Before: 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: 82,426 offences · published 19 July 20121899: 76,025 offences · published 19 July 20121900: 77,934 offences · published 19 July 20121901: 80,962 offences · published 19 July 20121902: 83,260 offences · published 19 July 20121903: 86,172 offences · published 19 July 20121904: 92,907 offences · published 19 July 20121905: 94,654 offences · published 19 July 20121906: 91,665 offences · published 19 July 20121907: 98,822 offences · published 19 July 20121908: 105,279 offences · published 19 July 20121909: 105,287 offences · published 19 July 20121910: 103,132 offences · published 19 July 20121911: 97,171 offences · published 19 July 20121912: 101,997 offences · published 19 July 20121913: 97,933 offences · published 19 July 20121914: 89,387 offences · published 19 July 20121915: 77,972 offences · published 19 July 20121916: 80,653 offences · published 19 July 20121917: 88,864 offences · published 19 July 20121918: 87,762 offences · published 19 July 20121919: 87,827 offences · published 19 July 20121920: 100,827 offences · published 19 July 20121921: 103,258 offences · published 19 July 20121922: 107,320 offences · published 19 July 20121923: 110,206 offences · published 19 July 20121924: 112,574 offences · published 19 July 20121925: 113,986 offences · published 19 July 20121926: 133,460 offences · published 19 July 20121927: 125,703 offences · published 19 July 20121928: 130,469 offences · published 19 July 20121929: 134,581 offences · published 19 July 20121930: 147,031 offences · published 19 July 20121931: 159,278 offences · published 19 July 20121932: 208,175 offences · published 19 July 20121933: 227,285 offences · published 19 July 20121934: 233,359 offences · published 19 July 20121935: 234,372 offences · published 19 July 20121936: 248,803 offences · published 19 July 20121937: 266,265 offences · published 19 July 20121938: 283,220 offences · published 19 July 20121939: 203,771 offences · published 19 July 20121940: 305,114 offences · published 19 July 20121941: 358,655 offences · published 19 July 20121942: 364,889 offences · published 19 July 20121943: 372,760 offences · published 19 July 20121944: 415,010 offences · published 19 July 20121945: 478,394 offences · published 19 July 20121946: 472,517 offences · published 19 July 20121947: 498,580 offences · published 19 July 20121948: 522,684 offences · published 19 July 20121949: 459,869 offences · published 19 July 20121950: 461,435 offences · published 19 July 20121951: 524,506 offences · published 19 July 20121952: 513,559 offences · published 19 July 20121953: 472,989 offences · published 19 July 20121954: 434,327 offences · published 19 July 20121955: 438,085 offences · published 19 July 20121956: 479,710 offences · published 19 July 20121957: 545,562 offences · published 19 July 20121958: 626,509 offences · published 19 July 20121959: 675,626 offences · published 19 July 20121960: 743,713 offences · published 19 July 20121961: 806,900 offences · published 19 July 20121962: 896,424 offences · published 19 July 20121963: 978,076 offences · published 19 July 20121964: 1,067,963 offences · published 19 July 20121965: 1,133,882 offences · published 19 July 20121966: 1,199,859 offences · published 19 July 20121967: 1,207,354 offences · published 19 July 20121968: 1,289,090 offences · published 19 July 20121969: 1,488,638 offences · published 19 July 20121970: 1,555,995 offences · published 19 July 20121971: 1,646,081 offences · published 19 July 20121972: 1,690,219 offences · published 19 July 20121973: 1,657,669 offences · published 19 July 20121974: 1,963,360 offences · published 19 July 20121975: 2,105,631 offences · published 19 July 20121976: 2,135,713 offences · published 19 July 20121977: 2,636,517 offences · published 19 July 20121978: 2,561,499 offences · published 19 July 20121979: 2,536,737 offences · published 19 July 20121980: 2,688,235 offences · published 19 July 20121981: 2,963,764 offences · published 19 July 20121982: 3,262,422 offences · published 19 July 20121983: 3,247,030 offences · published 19 July 20121984: 3,499,107 offences · published 19 July 20121985: 3,611,883 offences · published 19 July 20121986: 3,847,410 offences · published 19 July 20121987: 3,892,201 offences · published 19 July 20121988: 3,715,767 offences · published 19 July 20121989: 3,870,748 offences · published 19 July 20121990: 4,543,611 offences · published 19 July 20121991: 5,276,173 offences · published 19 July 20121992: 5,591,717 offences · published 19 July 20121993: 5,526,255 offences · published 19 July 20121994: 5,252,980 offences · published 19 July 20121995: 5,100,241 offences · published 19 July 20121996: 5,036,552 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1998: 4,545,337 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1999: 5,109,089 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2000: 5,301,187 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2001: 5,170,843 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2002: 5,525,024 offences · published 19 July 2012
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVDashed line: change in coverage or methodShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Source: Home Office, Historical crime data: recorded crime 1898 to 2001/02, Recorded crime 1898 to 2001/02 (published 19 July 2012). Data presentation: Civometry.

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