Of the 720,506 arrests in England and Wales in 2023/24, the most common type of offence that people were arrested for was violence against the person, with 309,071 people arrested for this type of offence.
Number of arrests in England and Wales in 2023/24, by offence
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UK Home Office, & GOV.UK. (September 26, 2024). Number of arrests in England and Wales in 2023/24, by offence [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/377449/arrests-in-england-and-wales-by-offence/
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