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ONS · offence category: 80 Absconding from lawful custody

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud): 80 Absconding from lawful custody

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

3,739offences

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) for 80 Absconding from lawful custody totalled 3,739 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 0.9% (33) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A5a
  3. Absconding from lawful custody
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 975 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026

Police-recorded crime by offence: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05001k2k20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 1,553 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 1,721 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 1,362 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 1,272 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 979 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 828 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 651 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 557 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 499 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 414 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 482 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 370 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 442 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 523 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 591 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 798 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 882 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 1,018 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 792 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 1,080 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 954 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 880 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 930 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 975 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