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Crime Survey victimisation (headline crime)
Part of the Rule of Law and Safety domain. Percentage of adults in England and Wales who experienced any CSEW headline crime in the past 12 months.
Latest data
Latest reading
YE Mar 2026
Change between the two latest observations (2025 to YE Mar 2026), in stress score.
A higher reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Since the August 2026 release
What changed on this indicator between the two releases: method only.
Blended from two measured components: (2/3 weight) and trend (1/3 weight); where no trend can be computed the metric is scored on its level alone. Volatility is published as a diagnostic and does not enter the blend. Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 2/3 weight
Bounds: scored against fixed best/worst limits, used until a metric has about eight years of verified data to rank against.
Trend · 1/3 weight
Measured from the direction and size of the change between the two most recent readings.
Volatility · diagnostic, not blended
50Provisional: fewer than four historical readings are available, so this defaults to a mid range score rather than a measured figure.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Crime Survey for England and Wales
- Update frequency
- Quarterly
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- ONS (Crime Survey for England & Wales)
- Series ID
- CSEW headline victimisation
- Frequency
- annual
- Accessed
- 13 August 2026
Known weakness
CSEW excludes fraud from its headline crime category in older series; survey suspension during COVID created a multi-year gap in the time series.
Notes
Verified official value from ONS (Crime Survey for England & Wales) (CSEW headline victimisation), accessed 2026-08-13.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.1 | |
| 2026 | 17.1 |