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    Indicator 16.5.1 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

    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.

    This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from UK statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from UK statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other UK-specific metadata information.

    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