Public order offences (police-recorded) during the Conservative 2017–2019 government
Year ending March 2017 → Year ending March 2019 · 2 periods
↑ 57.9%+164,777 offences
Public order offences (police-recorded) rose by 57.9% over the period, from 284,571 offences (Year ending March 2017, the level when the government took office) to 449,348 (Year ending March 2019, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2017: 284,571
Level when it left Year ending March 2019: 449,348
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.