Crime: Statistics
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve transparency in the way crime data is published.
Answered by Sarah Jones
The Office for National Statistics has primary responsibility for publishing information on crime statistics.
They publish progress updates on their crime statistics improvement programme, with the last update in July 2025, available here: Improving crime statistics for England and Wales – progress update - Office for National Statistics
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