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[[English criminal law]] details a series of criminal acts, and when these should apply. English [[courts]] apply criminal [[statutes]] and [[common law]] as part of their responsibility for applying justice and dealing with the culprits.
According to the [[Home Office]], there were around
The strength of the police force, as of 2018, in England and Wales was around 125,651 of whom 37,104 are women.<ref name="Full Fact Police Numbers">{{cite web|url=https://fullfact.org/crime/police-numbers/ |title=Police officer numbers in England and Wales |publisher=Full Fact - the UK’s independent fact checking charity. |date=2018 |accessdate= 11 September 2018}}</ref> 25,700 children above the age of criminal responsibility, 10, and beneath majority, 18, were found guilty of indictable offenses in 2017, and a further 13,500 cautioned <ref name="Youth Justice Statistics 2016/17">{{cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/676072/youth_justice_statistics_2016-17.pdf |title=youth_justice_statistics_2016-17 |publisher=ONS |date=2018 |accessdate= 11 September 2018}}</ref> England and Wales has a prison population of over 75,000 (2018 estimate) and 3000 with home curfew. Around £2.7 billion is spent on the prison service of England and Wales each year.<ref name="Here’s how we can spend less on prisons and still cut crime">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/prisons-hmp-overcrowding-too-expensive-rehabilitation-reoffending-a7993286.html |title=Here’s how we can spend less on prisons and still cut crimes |publisher=Independent |date=10 October 2017}}</ref>
In 2010, ATM crime cost the UK a total of £33.2 million – just over 8 percent of total card fraud. According to the British Crime Survey, 6.4 percent of plastic card users reported being victim to fraud during 2009-10.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gamman|first=Lorraine|last2=Thorpe|first2=Adam|last3=Malpass|first3=Matt|last4=Liparova|first4=Eva|year=2012|title=Hey Babe–Take a Walk on the Wild Side!|url=|journal=Design and Culture|volume=4|issue=2|pages=|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/science-research/research-statistics/crime/crime-statistics/british-crime-survey/|title=British Crime Survey|last=|first=|date=2010|website=UK Home Office|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127175433/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/science-research/research-statistics/crime/crime-statistics/british-crime-survey/|archive-date=2013-01-27|dead-url=yes|access-date=December 15, 2011|df=}}</ref>
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