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Police Service of Northern Ireland · per 1,000 population

Crimes recorded in Northern Ireland per 1,000 people under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

Crimes recorded in Northern Ireland per 1,000 people: Year ending March 2002 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour025507520052010201520202025Year ending March 2002: 80 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2003: 81 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2004: 73 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2005: 68 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2006: 70 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2007: 68 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2008: 61 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2009: 61 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2010: 60 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2011: 57 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2012: 56 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2013: 54 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2014: 55 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2015: 56 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2016: 57 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2017: 53 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2018: 52 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2019: 53 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2020: 56 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2021: 50 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2022: 56 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2023: 58 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2024: 54 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2025: 50 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – presentFewer than two periods have been published during this government, so no change is shown yet.
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 202453Year ending March 201954Year ending March 2024↑ 1.9%+1
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 201953Year ending March 201753Year ending March 2019→ 0.0%0
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 201756Year ending March 201553Year ending March 2017↓ 5.4%−3
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 201560Year ending March 201056Year ending March 2015↓ 6.7%−4
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 201068Year ending March 200560Year ending March 2010↓ 11.8%−8
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.