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Police-recorded crime, 1898 to 2001/02: record highs and lows

The extremes of police-recorded crime, 1898 to 2001/02 as published by Home Office, across the 105 periods held here (1898 to Year ending March 2002). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 5,525,024 in Year ending March 2002, is the highest since 1993, when it was 5,526,255 — 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

5,591,7171992

Lowest published

76,0251899

The full series

Police-recorded crime, 1898 to 2001/02: 1898 to Year ending March 2002ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02m4m19001910192019301940195019601970198019902000Before: Offences counted under the Home Office Counting Rules as they stood before April 1998. After: Offences counted under the widened 1998 Counting Rules, which increased the number counted.methodology change1898: 82,426 offences · published 19 July 20121899: 76,025 offences · published 19 July 20121900: 77,934 offences · published 19 July 20121901: 80,962 offences · published 19 July 20121902: 83,260 offences · published 19 July 20121903: 86,172 offences · published 19 July 20121904: 92,907 offences · published 19 July 20121905: 94,654 offences · published 19 July 20121906: 91,665 offences · published 19 July 20121907: 98,822 offences · published 19 July 20121908: 105,279 offences · published 19 July 20121909: 105,287 offences · published 19 July 20121910: 103,132 offences · published 19 July 20121911: 97,171 offences · published 19 July 20121912: 101,997 offences · published 19 July 20121913: 97,933 offences · published 19 July 20121914: 89,387 offences · published 19 July 20121915: 77,972 offences · published 19 July 20121916: 80,653 offences · published 19 July 20121917: 88,864 offences · published 19 July 20121918: 87,762 offences · published 19 July 20121919: 87,827 offences · published 19 July 20121920: 100,827 offences · published 19 July 20121921: 103,258 offences · published 19 July 20121922: 107,320 offences · published 19 July 20121923: 110,206 offences · published 19 July 20121924: 112,574 offences · published 19 July 20121925: 113,986 offences · published 19 July 20121926: 133,460 offences · published 19 July 20121927: 125,703 offences · published 19 July 20121928: 130,469 offences · published 19 July 20121929: 134,581 offences · published 19 July 20121930: 147,031 offences · published 19 July 20121931: 159,278 offences · published 19 July 20121932: 208,175 offences · published 19 July 20121933: 227,285 offences · published 19 July 20121934: 233,359 offences · published 19 July 20121935: 234,372 offences · published 19 July 20121936: 248,803 offences · published 19 July 20121937: 266,265 offences · published 19 July 20121938: 283,220 offences · published 19 July 20121939: 203,771 offences · published 19 July 20121940: 305,114 offences · published 19 July 20121941: 358,655 offences · published 19 July 20121942: 364,889 offences · published 19 July 20121943: 372,760 offences · published 19 July 20121944: 415,010 offences · published 19 July 20121945: 478,394 offences · published 19 July 20121946: 472,517 offences · published 19 July 20121947: 498,580 offences · published 19 July 20121948: 522,684 offences · published 19 July 20121949: 459,869 offences · published 19 July 20121950: 461,435 offences · published 19 July 20121951: 524,506 offences · published 19 July 20121952: 513,559 offences · published 19 July 20121953: 472,989 offences · published 19 July 20121954: 434,327 offences · published 19 July 20121955: 438,085 offences · published 19 July 20121956: 479,710 offences · published 19 July 20121957: 545,562 offences · published 19 July 20121958: 626,509 offences · published 19 July 20121959: 675,626 offences · published 19 July 20121960: 743,713 offences · published 19 July 20121961: 806,900 offences · published 19 July 20121962: 896,424 offences · published 19 July 20121963: 978,076 offences · published 19 July 20121964: 1,067,963 offences · published 19 July 20121965: 1,133,882 offences · published 19 July 20121966: 1,199,859 offences · published 19 July 20121967: 1,207,354 offences · published 19 July 20121968: 1,289,090 offences · published 19 July 20121969: 1,488,638 offences · published 19 July 20121970: 1,555,995 offences · published 19 July 20121971: 1,646,081 offences · published 19 July 20121972: 1,690,219 offences · published 19 July 20121973: 1,657,669 offences · published 19 July 20121974: 1,963,360 offences · published 19 July 20121975: 2,105,631 offences · published 19 July 20121976: 2,135,713 offences · published 19 July 20121977: 2,636,517 offences · published 19 July 20121978: 2,561,499 offences · published 19 July 20121979: 2,536,737 offences · published 19 July 20121980: 2,688,235 offences · published 19 July 20121981: 2,963,764 offences · published 19 July 20121982: 3,262,422 offences · published 19 July 20121983: 3,247,030 offences · published 19 July 20121984: 3,499,107 offences · published 19 July 20121985: 3,611,883 offences · published 19 July 20121986: 3,847,410 offences · published 19 July 20121987: 3,892,201 offences · published 19 July 20121988: 3,715,767 offences · published 19 July 20121989: 3,870,748 offences · published 19 July 20121990: 4,543,611 offences · published 19 July 20121991: 5,276,173 offences · published 19 July 20121992: 5,591,717 offences · published 19 July 20121993: 5,526,255 offences · published 19 July 20121994: 5,252,980 offences · published 19 July 20121995: 5,100,241 offences · published 19 July 20121996: 5,036,552 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1998: 4,545,337 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1999: 5,109,089 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2000: 5,301,187 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2001: 5,170,843 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2002: 5,525,024 offences · published 19 July 2012
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVDashed line: change in coverage or methodShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

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.