Crime Statistics
211/12 Crime Statistics Monthly Update
Crime Statistics 1998/99 to 2010/11
Crime Statistics Archive
We collate crime statistics for Northern Ireland in accordance with the National Crime Recording Standard. Our statistics are therefore comparable with those produced by the Home Office or by individual police forces in England and Wales. A user guide to police recorded crime statistics in Northern Ireland is available below. This user guide provides background information on various aspects of crime recording including:
• Definitions relating to crimes, incidents and detections, including a description of the crime types included within the crime, domestic abuse and hate motivation bulletins
• Recording practices, including PSNI data collection, quality and audit processes
• Data timeliness and availability
• The recording of domestic abuse and hate motivated incidents and crimes
• The geographic areas for which crime, domestic abuse and hate motivated incidents and crimes are available (statistics for geographies other than policing area and policing district can be accessed through the Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information System (NINIS)
Internet Site)
User guide (PDF, 406.0 KB) (reviewed December 2011)
Comments and feedback from users have been compiled and are available through the link below, together with the response and any action required.
2011/12 Crime Statistics Monthly Update
Monthly Update to December 2011 - bulletin (PDF, 151.1 KB)
Monthly Update to December 2011 - accompanying excel spreadsheet (MS Excel, 6.8 MB)
This spreadsheet now includes crime by age and gender, which can be found in the worksheets Pivot Table - Age & Pivot Table - Gender
Previous monthly updates are available in the Crime Statistics archive
Publication schedule for monthly updates (PDF, 19.7 KB)
Consultation: Inviting responses and views on proposed changes in statistical practice
The Home Office have launched a consultation exercise asking for views on proposed changes to recorded crime classifications and presentation of recorded crime statistics. The background to this, along with the consultation paper, are available on the Home Office website.
The effect of these proposed changes on crime figures produced by PSNI are outlined in the paper below, which also provides details of how you can feed back your views.
Consultation paper (PDF, 143.4 KB)
Crime Statistics 1998/99 to 2010/11
On 30th June 2011 PSNI published a bulletin providing a comprehensive series of police recorded crime data for each financial year from 1998/99 to 2010/11, allowing the user to monitor long term crime trends. The figures in the bulletin are used on crime classifications which have been realigned to match those used by the Home Office for England and Wales. These have been in use within PSNI since 1st April 2011. While there have been small changes at the level of individual classifications, overall crime figures at a Northern Ireland level, as well as by policing district and policing area, do not differ from totals previously published. All previously published bulletins will remain available in the Crime Statistics archive.
28th July 2011: The bulletin and accompanying excel spreadsheet below have been updated in light of the publication on 30th June of the Northern Ireland mid-year population estimates. Table 1.1, table 6.3 and section 4.1 in the bulletin have been updated. Tables 1.1, 6.3, 6.4 and both sets of pivot tables in the accompanying excel spreadsheet have also been updated.
Crime in Northern Ireland 1998/99 to 2010/11 (PDF, 859.4 KB)
Crime in Northern Ireland 1998/99 to 2010/11 - accompanying excel spreadsheet (MS Excel, 3.9 MB)
Crime Statistics Archive
Visit the Crime Statistics Archive to view crime statistics prior to 2011/12.
