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Police-recorded crime, 1898 to 2001/02

Police-recorded crime, 1898 to 2001/02: 1992 to Year ending March 2002ConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabour02m4m199219941996199820002002Before: 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 change1992: 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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