The British Crime Survey (BCS) reports victimisation rates as the proportion of the population who have been a victim once or more in the 12 months prior to interview. Trends in the percentage of adults who were victims of all BCS crime for years are shown in the following table for (a) England and (b) each English region.
Prior to 2001-02 the BCS did not run continuously so information for all years requested is not available. Estimates for English regions are not available prior to 2001-02 nor is it possible to provide (c) estimates for each London local authority area from the BCS as the sample was not designed to provide such breakdowns.
Percentage 1997 1999 2001-022 2002-032 2003-042 2004-052 2005-062 2006-072 North East Region n/a n/a 23.9 24.8 23.9 20.9 23.4 25.2 North West Region n/a n/a 32.2 28.8 27.3 26.7 24.1 26.0 Yorkshire and the Humber Region n/a n/a 31.7 30.7 30.1 24.3 25.1 25.8 East Midlands Region n/a n/a 24.1 26.5 26.2 22.0 24.2 24.6 West Midlands Region n/a n/a 28.2 25.8 23.4 23.5 23.9 23.2 East of England Region n/a n/a 24.5 24.6 22.2 20.0 21.7 21.5 London Region n/a n/a 23.5 25.8 29.6 26.8 25.7 28.1 South East Region n/a n/a 31.6 28.7 26.7 25.5 22.9 24.1 South West Region n/a n/a 27.9 28.6 22.5 22.6 21.4 21.3 England 34.7 31.2 27.7 27.5 26.1 24.1 23.6 24.6 Unweighted base 14,138 17,983 30,228 33,476 34,916 41,432 43,520 43,053 1 This rate is calculated by treating a household crime as a personal crime. It is the estimated percentage of adults who have been a victim of at least one personal crime or have been a resident in a household that was a victim of at least one household crime. 2 Ints.