Civometry

Robbery, 1898 to 2001/02: record highs and lows

The extremes of robbery, 1898 to 2001/02 as published by Home Office, across the 104 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, 121,359 in Year ending March 2002, is the highest in the whole published series of 104 periods. 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

121,359Year ending March 2002

Lowest published

851915

The full series

Robbery, 1898 to 2001/02: 1898 to Year ending March 2002ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050k100k19001910192019301940195019601970198019902000Before: 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: 354 offences · published 19 July 20121899: 279 offences · published 19 July 20121900: 256 offences · published 19 July 20121901: 234 offences · published 19 July 20121902: 274 offences · published 19 July 20121903: 241 offences · published 19 July 20121904: 251 offences · published 19 July 20121905: 223 offences · published 19 July 20121906: 242 offences · published 19 July 20121907: 232 offences · published 19 July 20121908: 310 offences · published 19 July 20121909: 226 offences · published 19 July 20121910: 211 offences · published 19 July 20121911: 198 offences · published 19 July 20121912: 195 offences · published 19 July 20121913: 155 offences · published 19 July 20121914: 133 offences · published 19 July 20121915: 85 offences · published 19 July 20121916: 114 offences · published 19 July 20121917: 134 offences · published 19 July 20121918: 100 offences · published 19 July 20121919: 203 offences · published 19 July 20121920: 235 offences · published 19 July 20121921: 211 offences · published 19 July 20121922: 164 offences · published 19 July 20121923: 151 offences · published 19 July 20121924: 122 offences · published 19 July 20121925: 136 offences · published 19 July 20121926: 120 offences · published 19 July 20121927: 110 offences · published 19 July 20121928: 128 offences · published 19 July 20121929: 167 offences · published 19 July 20121930: 217 offences · published 19 July 20121931: 208 offences · published 19 July 20121932: 342 offences · published 19 July 20121933: 219 offences · published 19 July 20121934: 215 offences · published 19 July 20121935: 182 offences · published 19 July 20121936: 189 offences · published 19 July 20121937: 209 offences · published 19 July 20121938: 287 offences · published 19 July 20121940: 342 offences · published 19 July 20121941: 483 offences · published 19 July 20121942: 685 offences · published 19 July 20121943: 730 offences · published 19 July 20121944: 821 offences · published 19 July 20121945: 1,033 offences · published 19 July 20121946: 921 offences · published 19 July 20121947: 979 offences · published 19 July 20121948: 1,101 offences · published 19 July 20121949: 990 offences · published 19 July 20121950: 1,021 offences · published 19 July 20121951: 800 offences · published 19 July 20121952: 1,002 offences · published 19 July 20121953: 980 offences · published 19 July 20121954: 812 offences · published 19 July 20121955: 823 offences · published 19 July 20121956: 965 offences · published 19 July 20121957: 1,194 offences · published 19 July 20121958: 1,692 offences · published 19 July 20121959: 1,900 offences · published 19 July 20121960: 2,014 offences · published 19 July 20121961: 2,349 offences · published 19 July 20121962: 2,517 offences · published 19 July 20121963: 2,483 offences · published 19 July 20121964: 3,066 offences · published 19 July 20121965: 3,736 offences · published 19 July 20121966: 4,474 offences · published 19 July 20121967: 4,564 offences · published 19 July 20121968: 4,815 offences · published 19 July 20121969: 6,041 offences · published 19 July 20121970: 6,273 offences · published 19 July 20121971: 7,465 offences · published 19 July 20121972: 8,926 offences · published 19 July 20121973: 7,338 offences · published 19 July 20121974: 8,666 offences · published 19 July 20121975: 11,311 offences · published 19 July 20121976: 11,611 offences · published 19 July 20121977: 13,730 offences · published 19 July 20121978: 13,150 offences · published 19 July 20121979: 12,482 offences · published 19 July 20121980: 15,006 offences · published 19 July 20121981: 20,282 offences · published 19 July 20121982: 22,837 offences · published 19 July 20121983: 22,119 offences · published 19 July 20121984: 24,890 offences · published 19 July 20121985: 27,463 offences · published 19 July 20121986: 30,020 offences · published 19 July 20121987: 32,633 offences · published 19 July 20121988: 31,437 offences · published 19 July 20121989: 33,163 offences · published 19 July 20121990: 36,195 offences · published 19 July 20121991: 45,323 offences · published 19 July 20121992: 52,894 offences · published 19 July 20121993: 57,845 offences · published 19 July 20121994: 60,007 offences · published 19 July 20121995: 68,074 offences · published 19 July 20121996: 74,035 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1998: 62,652 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1999: 66,835 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2000: 84,277 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2001: 95,154 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2002: 121,359 offences · published 19 July 2012
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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.