The available information relates to offences recorded and detected and is given in the following tables. Non-sanction detections that contribute to detection rates have fallen in recent years reflecting a significant shift by many forces away from recording detections of crime where no further action is taken. For this reason overall detection rates over time are not fully comparable.
From 1 April 2007 the rules governing recording of non-sanction detections were revised to reduce the scope within which they can be claimed to a very limited set of circumstances.
Period Number of offences Detection rate (percentage) 1998-99 176,477 25 1999-20001 191,875 20 2000-01 187,989 22 2001-02 196,980 24 1 Revised detections guidance was implemented on 1 April 1999. The new instructions provided more precise and rigorous criteria for recording a detection with the underlying emphasis on the successful result of a police investigation.
Period Number of offences Detection rate (percentage) 2002-03 208,523 25 2003-04 210,256 23 2004-05 205,273 26 2005-06 201,412 28 2006-07 211,325 25 2007-08 196,008 25 Note: The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.
The available information is given in the following tables. A number of changes have been made to recorded crime in response to suggestions in the two reviews of crime statistics. One such change is that the term ‘violent crime’ is no longer used in connection with the recorded crime statistics and we now provide figures for violence against the person.
Non-sanction detections that contribute to detection rates have fallen in recent years reflecting a significant shift by many forces away from recording detections of crime where no further action is taken. For this reason overall detection rates over time are not fully comparable.
From 1 April 2007 the rules governing recording of non-sanction detections were revised to reduce the scope within which they can be claimed to a very limited set of circumstances.
Burglary Violence against the person Theft offences Period Number of offences Detection rate (percentage) Number of offences Detection rate (percentage) Number of offences Detection rate (percentage) 1998-99 30,735 22 10,784 76 89,616 18 1999-2-0001 31,185 12 13,870 68 96,123 14 2000-01 27,756 12 14,797 71 91,582 16 2001-02 27,798 17 16,646 70 94,964 18 1 Revised detections guidance was implemented on 1 April 1999. The new instructions provided more precise and rigorous criteria for recording a detection with the underlying emphasis on the successful result of a police investigation.
Burglary Violence against the person Theft offences Period Number of offences Detection rate (percentage) Number of offences Detection rate (percentage) Number of offences Detection rate (percentage) 2002-03 29,432 15 25,326 61 93,639 18 2003-04 30,076 13 28,588 51 90,256 16 2004-05 25,466 14 34,223 52 84,502 18 2005-06 24,771 14 35,987 59 80,488 17 2006-07 24,085 13 41,422 49 79,682 15 2007-08 22,353 9 42,281 45 72,503 16 Note: The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.