Guidance: Counting rules for recorded crime

These rules help to ensure that crimes are recorded consistently and accurately.

From:

Home Office

Published

4 July 2013

Last updated

5 April 2023 — See all updates

Counting Rules for Fraud

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The Home Office Counting Rules are currently under review and a summarised version of the rules will be posted as soon as they are finalised.

The Home Office Counting Rules provide a national standard for the recording and counting of ‘notifiable’ offences recorded by police forces in England and Wales (known as ‘recorded crime’).

Linked documents

The national standard for incident recording (NSIR) counting rules