We’ve published a release showing the significant impact the #COVID19 pandemic has had on patterns of crime.
Our data shows total crime, excluding fraud and computer misuse offences, decreased by 19% compared with the year ending March 2019 ow.ly/uAlM50FBefE
Despite falls across many crime types, there was a large increase in fraud and computer misuse offences.
Estimates show a 36% increase compared with the ending March 2019 ow.ly/hXWc50FBehs
Total police recorded crime excluding fraud and computer misuse decreased by 13%.
The largest decreases in recorded crime were seen during the three-month period that coincided with the first national lockdown (April to June 2020) ow.ly/v3hL50FBekJ
Estimates show theft offences have fallen by 20% compared with the year ending March 2019.
These falls were driven by national lockdown restrictions, with non-essential shops and the night-time economy being closed and people spending more time at home ow.ly/b6iz50FBeou
There were decreases in serious violent crime recorded by the police in the year ending March 2021:
▪️ homicide decreased by 16%
▪️ the number of offences involving knives or sharp instruments decreased by 15%
Latest data show #COVID19 rates increased in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the week to 17 July 2021.
In Scotland the weekly trend was uncertain. Rates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are similar to February 2021 ow.ly/h8wG50FC9cX
In England, the number of people testing positive for #COVID19 increased across all regions except the North East and North West, where the trend was uncertain ow.ly/OD8U50FC9gO
The percentage of people in England testing positive increased in all age groups except school Year 7 to school Year 11 ow.ly/OD8U50FC9gO
Our latest Opinions & Lifestyle survey in the week to 18 July found that while 63% adults reported always or often maintaining social distancing (62% last week), 89% felt socially distancing from others was very important or important (88% last week) ow.ly/GyEw50FC3HX
The proportion of adults who felt it would take more than a year for life to return to normal appeared to increase as the plan to ease restrictions from 19 July 2021 approached (32% this week, 28% last week) ow.ly/ywAA50FC3US
Anxiety levels slightly decreased this week (3.8 this week, 4.0 last week) after having gradually increased since early June 2021 (3.6 in the period 2 to 6 June) ow.ly/Ln3k50FC3ZC