• Crime in Northern Ireland 2020

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In 2018/19 there were approximately 106.59 thousand crimes recorded in Northern Ireland, the highest number of crimes recorded since 2015/16 when there were over 107 crimes recorded. Overall, this period has seen the number of crimes fall, from a peak of 142 thousand offences in 2002/03, with 2012/13 the year with the fewest crimes.

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Release date

May 2020

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Region

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Survey time period

April 1, 2002 to March 31 2020

Supplementary notes

* Includes fraud. The source adds the following information: "9. From 1 April 2015 Action Fraud has became responsible for the central recording of fraud and cyber crime previously recorded by PSNI; Action Fraud became responsible for all such reports in England & Wales by 1 April 2014. Action Fraud is the UK’s National Reporting Centre for fraud and cyber crime reported directly to them from the public and other organisations. As a result, figures are presented on a comparable basis that exclude ‘other fraud’ (unless clearly noted otherwise)."