Number of corruption related offences

Data reported for this indicator are based on experimental statistics and are not yet fully developed. They should therefore be interpreted with caution.

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Number of corruption offences recorded by the police.
Year Value Observation status Unit multiplier Unit measure
2017 Q3 30.0 Undefined Units Number
2017 Q4 27.0 Undefined Units Number
2018 Q1 28.0 Undefined Units Number
2018 Q2 37.0 Undefined Units Number
2018 Q3 39.0 Undefined Units Number
2018 Q4 35.0 Undefined Units Number
2019 Q1 19.0 Undefined Units Number
2019 Q2 45.0 Undefined Units Number

Source: Office for National Statistics

Geographical Area: England and Wales

Unit of Measurement: Number

Footnote: 1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. Due to small numbers, any differences should be interpreted with caution.

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Indicator available

Number of corruption related offences
Indicator description

Number of corruption related offences recorded by the police.
Geographical coverage

England and Wales
Unit of measurement

Number
Definitions

Corruption offences have been defined as - 99/7 Offences of bribing another person contrary to section 1 of the Bribery Act 2010. 99/8 Offences relating to being bribed contrary to section 2 of the Bribery Act 2010. 99/9 Bribery of a foreign public official contrary to section 6 of the Bribery Act 2010. 99/10 Failure of a commercial organisation to prevent bribery contrary to section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010. 99/12 Misconduct in a public office.
Available disaggregations
Calculations

No calculations were performed in the data acquisition of this indicator.
Other information

These experimental statistics are based on police recorded crime. As with other types of crime, it is recognised that the recorded crime series will not provide a good measure of the full extent of criminality as not all offences come to the attention of the police. Therefore data should be treated with caution. This indicator is being used as an approximation of the UN SDG Indicator. Where possible, we will work to identify or develop UK data to meet the global indicator specification. This indicator has been identified in collaboration with topic experts.
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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Proportion of persons who had at least one contact with a public official and who paid a bribe to a public official, or were asked for a bribe by those public officials, during the previous 12 months
Target name

Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms
Global indicator description
UN designated tier

Tier II
UN custodian agency

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
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Organisation

Office for National Statistics
Periodicity

Quarterly
Earliest available data

2017
Geographical coverage

England and Wales
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Release date

16/10/2019
Next release

23/01/2020
Statistical classification

Experimental statistics
Contact details

crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk
Other information