Notes
Crime-related websites
Introduction
The main source for data about the prevalence of crime used in this website is the British Crime Survey. The exceptions discussed below relate to analyses of those actually found guilty of a crime, for which the data is published separately for England & Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland
England and Wales
Sources
In summary:
- Responsible government department: split between the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice.
- Main website: Ministry of Justice statistics.
- Underlying datasets: full administrative counts but not publicly available.
- Other websites: Home Office crime statistics - recorded crime section.
- Update frequency: annual.
- Data format: typically tables within pdf publications.
Use made of Ministry of Justice statistics
| Report title | Update timing | Indicator | Graphs | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offender management caseload statistics | October | Young adults with a criminal record | second | Multiply the numbers of young adults in table A1.20 by the proportions (all ages) who are British nationals in table A1.19. |
| Criminal justice statistics, England and Wales | May | Children with a criminal record | all | Table numbers vary from year to year. |
| Young adults with a criminal record | first | Table number varies from year to year. |
Scotland
Sources
In summary:
- Responsible government department: Scottish Government.
- Main website: Scottish Government statistics - crime and justice section.
- Update frequency: annual.
- Data format: web pages.
Use made of Scottish Government statistics - crime and justice section
| Report title | Update timing | Indicator | Graphs | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded crime | September | Burglaries | first | Table 1. |
| second | Table 8. |
Northern Ireland
Sources
In summary:
- Responsible government department: Northern Ireland Office.
- Main website: Northern Ireland Office - publications section.
- Other websites: Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service (NINIS) - crime section.
- Update frequency: annual.
- Data format: web pages.
Use made of Northern Ireland Office - publications section
| Report title | Update timing | Indicator | Graphs | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perceptions of crime: findings from the Northern Ireland Crime Survey | December | Victims of crime | first | Need to search for "perceptions of crime", setting the searching date range as appropriate and, if necessary, searching the archives. |