ONS releases - Jonathan Athow on GDP, plus Crime in England and Wales, and Cancer Registration

View in browser 25 January 2018 Economy Recently GDP has come under some close scrutiny for failing to capture unpaid work and the impact of economic growth on the environment. Jonathan Athow looks at GDP's strengths as well as some other measures and statistics that can be used to understand wider measures of well-being. Read the blog People, population and community Crime in England and Wales: year ending September 2017 The latest crime figures for England and Wales are published today. Levels of crime have continued to fall compared with the previous year, but trends vary for different forms of crime as our Deputy Head of Crime Statistics Mark Bangs explains: The first year-on-year comparisons for fraud and computer crime offences show a fall of 15%, but they remain the most prevalent crime covered by the Crime Survey – around 1 in 10 adults fell victim in the last year. An overview of crime – explore crime statistics in England & Wales since 1981 Crime is not a common experience for most people – 8 in 10 people had not been a victim of any of the crimes covered by the Crime Survey. Different measures of crime The Crime Survey shows that high volume crimes – such as criminal damage and fraud – have either fallen or are at similar levels to last year. Police data show increases in less frequent, but higher harm offences, such as knife and gun crime. Why do the Crime Survey and police recorded crime show differing trends? Read our explanatory note Crime statistics – what's next? Deputy National Statistician Iain Bell explains in our blogpost. Read the blog Cancer registration statistics, England: first release, 2016 The number of new cases of cancer in England continues to rise and in 2016 there were 303,135 cancers registered (excluding non-melanoma skin cancers) – equivalent to 828 new cases each day. More cancers were registered in males (155,019) than females (148,116) and across the majority of cancer sites, more males were diagnosed with cancer than females. This is a persistent feature of the data, as reported in previous cancer registration years in England. Breast (15.2%), prostate (13.4%), lung (12.7%) and colorectal (11.5%) cancers continue to account for over half (52.7%) of the cancer registrations in England for all ages combined. The full cancer registration statistics, England: first release, 2016 statistical bulletin which is produced in partnership with Public Health England can be found here. Visit the National Statistical blog to see the many ways ONS is working to give the UK better statistics for better decisions. Visit National Statistical Our digital team regularly write about our approach and progress to the website and social media. Visit our Digital Blog Find out how our Data Science Campus is exploring how sources such as administrative data & social data, and techniques such as machine learning and natural language processing, can improve our understanding of the UK's economy, communities & people. Visit the Data Science Campus Blog Looking for local statistics? A handy guide to let you know where to find local statistics. Census Discover how our census statistics help paint a picture of the nation and how we live. Visual.ONS Visual.ONS is a website exploring new approaches to making ONS statistics accessible and relevant to a wide public audience. Email sent by Office for National Statistics

 

 

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