Note: * 2001-2 and 2002-3 data are interview-based.
| Vehicles and burglary | |
| Change since | |
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1970 |
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1990 |
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1998-9 |
| Robbery | |
| Change since | |
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1970 |
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1990 |
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1998-9 |
Coverage: England and Wales
Source: Home Office
Note: [1] 1970 to 1998-9 data are for the number of crimes recorded in that financial year using the coverage and rules in use until 31st March 1998. After 1998-9, data are for the number of crimes recorded in that financial year using the expanded coverage and revised counting rules which came into effect on 1st April 1998.
- British Crime Survey (BCS) data show that vehicle thefts fell by 38 per cent and burglary fell by 29 per cent between 1991 and 2002-3. Recorded vehicle crime fell by 23 per cent, and burglary in dwellings fell by 17 per cent between 1990 and 2002-3.
- Between 1999 and 2002-3, the BCS shows that vehicle thefts fell by 20 per cent and domestic burglary fell by 23 per cent. Over the same period recorded vehicle crime fell by 9 per cent and recorded domestic burglaries fell by 8 per cent.
- The number of robberies recorded by the police increased from about 36,000 in 1990 to 67,000 in 1998-9 and 108,000 in 2002-3. However, 2002-3 represented a fall of 11 per cent from 2001-2 (equating to a 14 per cent fall once adjusted for the National Crime Recording Standard).