Crimes in schools England, Wales, Northern Ireland 2014 Statistic

This statistic shows the number of crimes reported in schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2014, broken down into regions. The total number of crimes reported was 30,694. Northern Ireland had 1,208 crimes reported, which translates to almost four percent of the total share. Greater Manchester has about double the number of reported crimes compared to Northern Ireland.

Number of crimes reported in schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2014, by region

Characteristic	Number of reported offences
Metropolitan**	7,002
Greater Manchester*	2,434
West Midlands	1,929
Thames Valley	1,262
Northern Ireland	1,208
Avon and Somerset	1,203
Essex	1,039
Staffordshire**	1,011
Devon and Cornwall**	987
Leicestershire	947
Humberside*	942
Merseyside**	924
Kent	876
Hertfordshire**	715
Cambridgeshire*	689
Nottinghamshire**	629
Norfolk	583
Dyfed Powys	547
Durham (data covers financial year)**	541
Dorset**	522
North Wales*	521
Cheshire*	489
Cleveland	473
Suffolk	472
Northamptonshire	462
North Yorkshire	407
Cumbria	381
Derbyshire	370
Lincolnshire	313
Bedfordshire (data covers financial year)	305
Lancashire*	260
Wiltshire*	251

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Release date

September 2015

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Region

United Kingdom (England, Wales, Northern Ireland)

Survey time period

2014

Supplementary notes

*Some of the data in these files has been redacted

**These files have limited data

The source indicates that some data could have led to the identification of individuals and was therefore removed.

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