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Data on no-crimes are published in annex A of the 鈥楥rime outcomes in England and Wales 2013 to 2014鈥� bulletin. The Office for National Statistics also publish some summary data in the .

The Home Office Counting Rules (HOCR) set out circumstances under which a crime report may be no-crimed. These include situations where a crime is considered to have been recorded in error or where, having been recorded, additional verifiable information becomes available that determines that no crime was committed (for further information see the 鈥榞eneral rules鈥� section of the HOCR).

鈥楴o crimes鈥� relate to crimes already recorded and are therefore distinct from incident reports that are not crimed in the first place.

Crime reports that are 鈥榥o crimed鈥� are removed from police crime data and thus from the police recorded crime statistics. The majority of 鈥榥o crime鈥� decisions are made by police forces before data are submitted to the Home Office, and although some revisions are made to published crime statistics as a result of 鈥榥o crimes鈥�, these are typically small.

Great care is needed in interpreting 鈥榥o crime鈥� data. The proportion of 鈥榥o crimes鈥� does not in itself infer high or low compliance with the overall requirements of the HOCR. Levels of no-criming are particularly susceptible to local recording practice and the IT systems in use. A police force having a high level of no-crimes may be indicative of that force having a local recording process that captures all reports as crimes at the first point of contact and before any further investigation has taken place to consider the full facts. Equally a police force with a low level of no-crimes might be indicative of a recording practice by which reports are retained as incidents only until a fuller investigation has taken place.