Key Takeaways
- In the year ending March 2023, burglary offences in England and Wales fell 4% to 235,000 from 245,000
- Residential burglary: 145,000 police-recorded in England and Wales 2022/23
- Non-residential burglary: 90,000 offences England 2023
- Drug offences totalled 184,000 police-recorded in England and Wales year ending March 2023, up 13%
- Possession of Class A drugs: 112,000 offences England 2023
- Drug trafficking offences: 5,800 in England and Wales 2022/23
- In the year ending March 2023, police recorded 194,683 sexual offences in England and Wales, a 2% increase from 190,858 previous year
- Rape offences: 70,330 recorded by police in England and Wales year ending March 2023, up 19% from 58,856
- Sexual assault offences totalled 68,000 in England per CSEW year ending December 2022
- In year ending March 2023, theft offences in England and Wales totalled 600,000, down 4% from previous year
- Shoplifting offences surged to 430,000 in England and Wales 2022/23, up 37%
- Theft from the person: 110,000 police-recorded in England 2023
- In the year ending March 2023, police in England and Wales recorded 1,000,737 violence against the person offences, a 4.2% increase from the previous year
- Violence with injury offences in England reached 352,941 in year ending March 2023, up 5% from 336,089 the year before
- In London, England, there were 178,456 assaults recorded by police in 2022/23, representing 18% of national total
Burglary fell 4% to 235,000 in the year to March 2023, but drug and violence offences rose.
Burglary
Burglary Interpretation
Drug Offences
Drug Offences Interpretation
Sexual Offences
Sexual Offences Interpretation
Theft Offences
Theft Offences Interpretation
Violent Crime
Violent Crime Interpretation
How We Rate Confidence
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AI consensus: 1 of 4 models agree
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