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Arrests for notifiable offences: record highs and lows

The extremes of arrests for notifiable offences as published by Home Office, across the 19 periods held here (Year ending March 2007 to Year ending March 2025). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 754,046 in Year ending March 2025, is the highest since Year ending March 2017, when it was 762,419 — every period between was lower. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

1,475,266Year ending March 2008

Lowest published

646,215Year ending March 2021

The full series

Arrests for notifiable offences: Year ending March 2007 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0500k1m2010201520202025Year ending March 2007: 1,474,843 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2008: 1,475,266 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2009: 1,462,139 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2010: 1,385,322 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2011: 1,353,740 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2012: 1,225,123 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2013: 1,068,823 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2014: 1,021,356 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2015: 941,692 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2016: 879,570 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2017: 762,419 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2018: 693,681 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2019: 685,176 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2020: 676,476 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2021: 646,215 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2022: 648,714 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2023: 667,799 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2024: 721,103 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2025: 754,046 arrests · published 19 August 2026
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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.