Police Service of Northern Ireland · 8 May 2015 – 9 June 2017
Crimes recorded by the police in Northern Ireland during the Conservative 2015–2017 government
Year ending March 2015 → Year ending March 2017 · 2 periods
↓ 5.0%−5,141 crimes
Crimes recorded by the police in Northern Ireland fell by 5.0% over the period, from 103,177 crimes (Year ending March 2015, the level when the government took office) to 98,036 (Year ending March 2017, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2015: 103,177
Level when it left Year ending March 2017: 98,036
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
The number of crimes recorded by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each policing district in the financial year, as published in Table 9.1 of the annual recorded crime tables. The eleven policing districts share their boundaries with the eleven local government districts.
Doesn’t measure: Crime that was not reported to or recorded by the police, crime in England, Wales or Scotland, or where the people involved live: a crime is counted where the incident happened.