Violent crime
Violent incidents against adults in England and Wales, with and without injury, including those never reported to the police. Each point is a year ending in March.
England and Wales
2026
989,000
| Period | Violent crime (crimes) |
|---|---|
| 1 Jan 1981 | 2,063,000 |
| 1 Jan 1983 | 2,014,000 |
| 1 Jan 1987 | 2,265,000 |
| 1 Jan 1991 | 2,900,000 |
| 1 Jan 1993 | 3,768,000 |
| 1 Jan 1995 | 4,464,000 |
| 1 Jan 1997 | 3,746,000 |
| 1 Jan 1999 | 3,375,000 |
| 1 Jan 2002 | 2,551,000 |
| 1 Jan 2003 | 2,579,000 |
| 1 Jan 2004 | 2,355,000 |
| 1 Jan 2005 | 2,191,000 |
| 1 Jan 2006 | 2,221,000 |
| 1 Jan 2007 | 2,287,000 |
| 1 Jan 2008 | 1,975,000 |
| 1 Jan 2009 | 1,889,000 |
| 1 Jan 2010 | 1,841,000 |
| 1 Jan 2011 | 2,126,000 |
| 1 Jan 2012 | 1,956,000 |
| 1 Jan 2013 | 1,936,000 |
| 1 Jan 2014 | 1,562,000 |
| 1 Jan 2015 | 1,726,000 |
| 1 Jan 2016 | 1,468,000 |
| 1 Jan 2017 | 1,432,000 |
| 1 Jan 2018 | 1,426,000 |
| 1 Jan 2019 | 1,344,000 |
| 1 Jan 2020 | 1,239,000 |
| 1 Jan 2021 | Not published |
| 1 Jan 2022 | Not published |
| 1 Jan 2023 | 998,000 |
| 1 Jan 2024 | 1,125,000 |
| 1 Jan 2025 | 1,103,000 |
| 1 Jan 2026 | 989,000 |
Violent incidents against adults in England and Wales, with and without injury, estimated from the Crime Survey for England and Wales. Survey based, so it includes violence never reported to the police. Excludes violence against under-16s and homicide, which the survey cannot measure.
How this is measured
- Published by
- Office for National Statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Series
- c2
- Covers
- England and Wales
- Published
- Annual
- History
- 1981 to 2026
- Last published
- 2026
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