The report contains statistics and commentary regarding criminal offences recorded by the 43 police forces in England and Wales during 2000/01; and for offenders dealt with by formal police cautions, reprimands or warnings, or criminal court proceedings in England and Wales for 2000. Some of the key statistics for 2000/01 are: there were 5.2 million notifiable offences recorded, a fall of 2.5% compared to the previous year; property crimes accounted for 82% of recorded offences and 14% were violent offences; the detection rate was 24%, down 1% on the figure for the previous year. This fall is partly due to the implementation of new Home Office Guidance from April 1999. Reporting and recording rates vary considerably between offences. Figures from the 2000 British Crime Survey suggest that only half of all offences are reported to the police, and a quarter are recorded.