Public order offences (police-recorded) during the Conservative 2015–2017 government
Year ending March 2015 → Year ending March 2017 · 2 periods
↑ 78.7%+125,354 offences
Public order offences (police-recorded) rose by 78.7% over the period, from 159,217 offences (Year ending March 2015, the level when the government took office) to 284,571 (Year ending March 2017, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2015: 159,217
Level when it left Year ending March 2017: 284,571
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
Police-recorded public order offences in England and Wales in a 12-month period, such as causing fear, alarm or distress.
Doesn’t measure: Anti-social behaviour incidents that are not recorded as crimes, or violence, which is counted separately.