"Figure 1: Crime estimates from the CSEW December 1981 to March 2020, and TCSEW estimates for May 2020 to March 2021 interviews","" "England and Wales, annual estimates","" "","" "Notes","1. Data from the TCSEW are published as Experimental Statistics. 2. Data on this chart refer to different time periods: 1981 to 1999 refer to crimes experienced in the calendar year; and from year ending March 2002 onwards the estimates relate to crimes experienced in the 12 months before interview, based on interviews carried out in that financial year. 3. TCSEW data presented here for 2021 are not comparable with CSEW estimates. CSEW data relate to adults aged 16 years and over or to households. TCSEW data relate to adults aged 18 years and over or to households. See [Appendix Table A3](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables) for comparable data. 4. New questions on fraud and computer misuse were incorporated into the CSEW from October 2015. The questions were asked of half the survey sample from October 2015 until September 2017 and have been asked of a full sample from October 2017. " "Unit","Number of incidents (thousands)" "","" "","CSEW estimates excluding fraud and computer misuse","CSEW estimates including fraud and computer misuse" "Dec 81","11303","" "Dec 83","12128","" "Dec 87","13647","" "Dec 91","15564","" "Dec 93","18835","" "Dec 95","19786","" "Dec 97","17168","" "Dec 99","15247","" "Mar 02","12771","" "Mar 03","12390","" "Mar 04","11609","" "Mar 05","10778","" "Mar 06","10863","" "Mar 07","11182","" "Mar 08","10040","" "Mar 09","10432","" "Mar 10","9544","" "Mar 11","9711","" "Mar 12","9593","" "Mar 13","8757","" "Mar 14","7554","" "Mar 15","7177","" "Mar 16","6529","" "Mar 17","6057","11216" "Mar 18","6247","10729" "Mar 19","6431","11207" "Mar 20","5661","10212" "","","" "Mar 19(CSEW)"," 5832 "," 10532 " "","","" "Mar 21(TCSEW)"," 4739 "," 11127 "