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Understanding the complexities of crime statistics
In this blog, our Head Statistics Regulator for Crime and Security discusses the difficulties in understanding and interpreting crime statistics,…
OSR statement on statistics from the Crime Survey for England and Wales
There continues to be significant public discussion – by both politicians and the media – about crime rates in England…
OSR statement on crime statistics
Over the past week there has been considerable discussion in the media about rates of crime and the reliability of…
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Assessment of statistics on fraud and computer misuse from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey
Overview At the time of this report, the fraud and computer misuse estimates from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey…
Latest correspondence on Crime and Justice
View all correspondence posts about Crime and JusticePippa Hebborn-Gibson to Ed Humpherson: Request to cancel Accredited Official Statistics status for the Compare School and College Performance (CSCP) service and its replacement
Dear Ed, Request to cancel Accredited Official Statistics status for the Compare School and College Performance (CSCP) service and its replacement I am writing to inform you of the decommissioning of the Compare School and College Performance (CSCP) service, which…
Ed Humpherson to Pippa Hebborn-Gibson: Cancellation of Accreditation: The Compare School and College Performance (CSCP) service and its replacement
Dear Pippa, Cancellation of Accreditation: The Compare School and College Performance (CSCP) service and its replacement Thank you for your letter of 12 October informing us that the Department for Education’s CSCP service is being replaced with the Find and…
Ed Humpherson to John Wilkins: Accreditation status of Roads Policing statistics
Dear John, Accreditation status of Roads Policing statistics Thank you for your letter on 22 October 2026 requesting the cancellation of accreditation for the Roads Policing statistics published by the Home Office. Given the limitations in the underlying data, which…
John Wilkins to Ed Humpherson: Request to remove Accredited Official Statistics status from Roads Policing Statistics
Dear Ed, Request to remove Accredited Official Statistics status from Roads Policing Statistics I am writing to request the cancellation of Accredited Official Statistics status for the “Police Powers and Procedures: Roads Policing” statistical series. I propose that the release…