UK Crime Statistics

For some reason the UK government are not very forthcoming on providing these statistics, plus we have the battle of recorded crime versus reported crime and the ambiguity of the British crime Survey. if you find a reliable source we would love to know.

For comparison In 2002, 16,110 people were murdered in the USA. In 1999 23,000 were killed in Colombia.

The Crime figure are in line with financial year, April to end of march each year.

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1960	282	1980	549	2000	792
1961	265	1981	499	2000/01*	891
1962	299	1982	557	2001/02	1048
1963	307	1983	482	2002/03*	853
1964	296	1984	537	2003/04	868
1965	325	1985	536	2004/05	765
1966	364	1986	563	2005/06*	759
1967	414	1987*	599	2006/07	753
1968	420	1988	547	2007/08	651
1969	395	1989	525	2008/09	640
1970	396	1990	555	2009/10	608
1971	459	1991	623	2010/11*	636
1972	480	1992	581	2011/12	550
1973	465	1993	565	2012/13	544
1974	599	1994	632	2013/14	518
1975	508	1995	663	2014/15	509
1976	488	1996	584	2015/16	546
1977	418	1997	650	2016/17	675
1978	471	1998	629	2017/18*	704
1979	546	1999	760	2018/19	671

Year ending December 1987 includes 15 victims of Michael Ryan.

2010/11 includes 12 victims of Derrick Bird.
2005/06 includes 52 victims of the 7 July London bombings.
2003/04 includes 20 cockle pickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay.
2002/03 includes 172 victims of Dr Harold Shipman.
2000/01 includes 58 Chinese nationals who suffocated in a lorry en route into the UK.

Year ending March 2018 includes 31 victims of the terrorist attacks that involved multiple victims, including the Manchester Arena bombing, and the London Bridge attack). It also includes 11 victims from the Shoreham air crash.

(Source. UK home Office)

30-Jun-2019 - 7,027 serving a life sentence

The prison population of England & Wales on 7th October 2011 was 87,673.

Prison population of Scotland in September 2011 was 7,853

UK Crime Statistics

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