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ONS · offence category: 61A Possession of false documents

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud): 61A Possession of false documents

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

1,919offences

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) for 61A Possession of false documents totalled 1,919 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 33.1% (951) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A5a
  3. Possession of false documents
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 383 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2008 to Year ending March 2026

Police-recorded crime by offence: Year ending March 2008 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k2010201520202025Year ending March 2008: 2,301 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 2,646 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 2,263 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 1,770 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 1,378 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 962 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 934 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 987 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 1,051 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 879 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 857 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 868 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 858 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 581 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 563 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 602 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 534 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 400 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 383 offences · published 23 July 2026
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What this measures

The number of offences recorded by the police in England and Wales for every offence and offence group in the ONS appendix table, for each year ending March since 2003. Coded rows are individual Home Office offence codes; rows marked (subtotal) are the groups the ONS prints without a code.

Offences whose code was retired or introduced part way through the series (shown as unavailable for those years), or fraud reported to Action Fraud and Report Fraud for the latest year.

Source

Dataset
Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 9e4a930ec090b4b4…
All values
Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) by offence category