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 7.24 by the proportions (all ages) who are British nationals in table 7.23. |
| Criminal statistics, England and Wales | November | Children with a criminal record | first three | Table number varies from year to year. |
| fourth | Table number varies 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. |