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Crime Survey estimate of theft: record highs and lows

The extremes of crime survey estimate of theft as published by ONS, across the 31 periods held here (1981 to Year ending March 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 2,628,000 in Year ending March 2026, is the lowest in the whole published series of 31 periods. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly above the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

11,615,0001995

Lowest published

2,628,000Year ending March 2026

The full series

Crime Survey estimate of theft: 1981 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05m10m19902000201020201981: 6,292,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261983: 7,136,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261987: 8,227,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261991: 9,792,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261993: 11,512,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261995: 11,615,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261997: 10,023,000 incidents · published 23 July 20261999: 8,584,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2002: 7,209,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2003: 6,928,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 6,518,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 5,815,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 5,660,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 5,641,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 5,126,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 5,583,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 4,989,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 5,172,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 5,360,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 4,883,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 4,379,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 4,026,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 3,698,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 3,327,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 3,578,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 3,750,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 3,299,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 2,650,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 2,686,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 2,801,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 2,628,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026
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The chart as a table
PeriodCrime Survey estimate of theft
19816,292,000 incidents
19837,136,000 incidents
19878,227,000 incidents
19919,792,000 incidents
199311,512,000 incidents
199511,615,000 incidents
199710,023,000 incidents
19998,584,000 incidents
Year ending March 20027,209,000 incidents
Year ending March 20036,928,000 incidents
Year ending March 20046,518,000 incidents
Year ending March 20055,815,000 incidents
Year ending March 20065,660,000 incidents
Year ending March 20075,641,000 incidents
Year ending March 20085,126,000 incidents
Year ending March 20095,583,000 incidents
Year ending March 20104,989,000 incidents
Year ending March 20115,172,000 incidents
Year ending March 20125,360,000 incidents
Year ending March 20134,883,000 incidents
Year ending March 20144,379,000 incidents
Year ending March 20154,026,000 incidents
Year ending March 20163,698,000 incidents
Year ending March 20173,327,000 incidents
Year ending March 20183,578,000 incidents
Year ending March 20193,750,000 incidents
Year ending March 20203,299,000 incidents
Year ending March 20232,650,000 incidents
Year ending March 20242,686,000 incidents
Year ending March 20252,801,000 incidents
Year ending March 20262,628,000 incidents

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.