The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Jess Phillips MP about statements on crime

24 May 2024 · Sir Robert Chote, Chair, UK Statistics Authority

The letter, dated 24 May 2024, replies to correspondence of 24 April 2024. The UK Statistics Authority published it as Letter from Sir Robert Chote to Jess Phillips MP – statements on crime; it links to 2 official records. Below are 4 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the UK Statistics Authority wrote

“These estimates of violent and neighbourhood crime come from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) headline estimates, reported by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).”

“This is estimated using data collected through separate standalone survey modules, with higher reporting rates, from those used to produce the CSEW headline estimates referred to above.”

“ONS’s Crime in England and Wales bulletin includes clear and prominent caveats about which crime types are excluded from the CSEW headline estimates.”

“The ONS has also published an article titled ‘Crime trends in England and Wales and how we measure them’, which sets out how it measures crime, and which measure is best for which crime types.”

From Sir Robert Chote, Chair, UK Statistics Authority, letter of 24 May 2024. Read the full letter.

Records the letter links to

• ONS’s Crime in England and Wales bulletin
• ‘Crime trends in England and Wales and how we measure them’

Correspondence

• The letter it answered: Jess Phillips MP to Sir Robert Chote – statements on crime (24 April 2024)

Related key figures

• Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime

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