Our latest crime figures relate to the year ending March 2020 – covering the period mainly prior to the #COVID19 lockdown http://ow.ly/dAuz50AAQOV 

The Crime Survey for England and Wales shows a significant 9% reduction in crime in the year ending March 2020. Underlying this were falls in theft (12%) and criminal damage (13%) http://ow.ly/fdWb30qYYid 

Sophie Sanders of our Centre for Crime and Justice said:

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Those whose gender identity is different from their sex registered at birth were twice as likely (28%) to be a victim of crime (excluding fraud) than those whose gender identity is the same as their sex registered at birth (14%) (year ending March 2020) http://ow.ly/I0IZ30qYYoy