Crime and Security
Our Crime and Security domain covers statistics on crime, policing, justice systems (family, civil and criminal) and national security.
We will review a range of justice statistics across the UK, covering topics such as prisons, youth justice and the criminal courts.
On crime, we will follow up the recommendations of our review of the quality of police recorded crime statistics for England and Wales. We will publish our complementary review of the quality and value and fraud and computer misuse statistics for England and Wales. And, we will publish our decision on the accreditation of the Office for National Statistics’ estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, which had their accreditation suspended in 2022 due to quality concerns.
In our wider work, we will be engaging with smaller producers of crime and security official statistics across the UK.
Our regulators for this domain are Job and Ben. You can contact them via regulation@statistics.gov.uk”
Planned Work
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Correspondence
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Ed Humpherson to Jen Woolford: Compliance review of domestic abuse estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales
21 October 2025
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Jen Woolford, Office for National Statistics
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Siobhan Tuohy-Smith to Abbie Self: Compliance review of coroners statistics
18 August 2025
Siobhan Tuohy-Smith, Office for Statistics Regulation to Abbie Self, Ministry of Justice
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Jen Woolford to Ed Humpherson: Review of fraud and computer misuse statistics for England and Wales
16 April 2025
Jen Woolford, Office for National Statistics to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Ed Humpherson to Jen Woolford: Review of fraud and computer misuse statistics for England and Wales
3 April 2025
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Jen Woolford, Office for National Statistics
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Siobhan Tuohy-Smith to Tony O’Connor: Murder, manslaughter and sexual offences in the Service Justice System
24 March 2025
Siobhan Tuohy-Smith, Office for Statistics Regulation to Tony O'Connor, Ministry of Defence
Publications
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Compliance review of domestic abuse estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales
21 October 2025
Published in: Assessment Report
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Compliance review of coroners statistics
18 August 2025
Published in: Compliance review
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Review of fraud and computer misuse statistics for England and Wales
3 April 2025
Published in: Systemic Reviews
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Review of the quality of criminal court statistics for England and Wales
20 March 2025
Published in: Reviews
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Election 2024: What to look out for
7 June 2024
Published in: Guidance
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The quality of police recorded crime statistics for England and Wales
16 May 2024
Published in: Systemic Reviews
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Systemic Review Outline: Police recorded crime statistics – quality review
11 May 2023
Published in: Systemic Review Outline, Systemic Reviews
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Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Scottish prison population statistics
13 January 2023
Published in: Assessment Report
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Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Police officer uplift statistics
20 July 2022
Published in: Assessment Report
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Assessment Report: Police Funding for England and Wales Statistics
3 June 2021
Published in: Assessment Report
News & Events
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OSR statement on crime statistics
23 July 2025
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OSR publishes report on the quality of police recorded crime statistics for England and Wales
16 May 2024
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OSR launches review of the quality of police recorded crime statistics
20 July 2023
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OSR statement on fraud statistics
20 September 2019