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ONS · 5 July 2024 – present

Crime Survey estimate of violence during the Labour 2024– government

Year ending March 2024 → Year ending March 2026 · 2 periods

↓ 12.1%−136,000 incidents

Crime Survey estimate of violence fell by 12.1% over the period, from 1,125,000 incidents (Year ending March 2024, the level when the government took office) to 989,000 (Year ending March 2026, the latest available).

  1. Inherited level Year ending March 2024: 1,125,000
  2. Latest Year ending March 2026: 989,000
  3. 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.

Crime Survey estimate of violence: 1981 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour02m4m19902000201020201981: 2,063,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261983: 2,014,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261987: 2,265,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261991: 2,900,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261993: 3,768,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261995: 4,464,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261997: 3,746,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261999: 3,375,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2002: 2,551,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2003: 2,579,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 2,355,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 2,191,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 2,221,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 2,287,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 1,975,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 1,889,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 1,841,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 2,126,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 1,956,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 1,936,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 1,562,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 1,726,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 1,468,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 1,432,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 1,426,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 1,344,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 1,239,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 998,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 1,125,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 1,103,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 989,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026
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Definition and caveats

The Crime Survey for England and Wales estimate of the number of violent incidents experienced by people aged 16 and over in a 12-month period.

Doesn’t measure: Homicide, sexual offences, violence against people under 16, or violence reported to but not experienced by survey respondents.