About this data

Source: ONS, Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), year ending June 2026

• The Crime Survey for England and Wales asks a large random sample of households (around 30,000 adults a year) about crimes they have experienced in the past 12 months, whether or not they were reported to the police.
• It does not cover crimes against businesses, crimes without a direct victim (such as drug possession), or homicide, and it does not include people living in institutions such as care homes or student halls.
• Face-to-face interviews were suspended during the pandemic, so there are no comparable estimates for April 2020 to March 2022.
• Before 2001 the survey covered calendar years and was not run every year. From 2001/02 it covers financial years (April to March); the latest point is the year to June 2026.

This chart appears in Crime.