Crime and justice

Guides

• How to check a claim that crime is going up or down

  How to check crime trend claims in England and Wales using the Crime Survey and police recorded crime, with a worked example from the ONS July 2026 bulletin.

• How to use police.uk crime maps, and what they can and cannot show

  How to look up street-level crime on police.uk and data.police.uk, why locations are approximate, and when to use ONS crime figures instead.