There were an estimated 9.2 million incidents of what is described as “headline crime” over the past year, which includes theft, robbery, criminal damage, fraud, computer misuse, and violence with or without injury.
Overall, these offences rose 10%, according to the latest ONS Crime Survey., external
Robbery hit an estimated 139,000 incidents, compared with 60,000 the previous year.
Violence with injury rose to 562,000 incidents, up from around 376,000.
Overall, violence is some two-thirds lower than in the 1990s.
Consumer and retail fraud also increased by 19%, reaching approximately 963,000 incidents.
There was no significant change in sexual assault offences last year.
However, these offences have increased over the last decade – making them a notable exception to the decline in crime experienced by individuals in that period.
