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Home Office Crime and Policing Research and Annual Data Requirement (ADR) data – Privacy Information Notices

These privacy notices explain how the Home Office uses personal data for research and statistics related to crime and policing.

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The Home Office, collects, processes and analyses national crime and policing data provided by the 43 territorial police forces of England and Wales and the British Transport Police (BTP). The data are provided to the Home Office for research and statistical purposes. Additionally, homicide and firearms offences data are used operationally by the police forces and other law enforcement agencies upon request.

The Home Office also uses data provided by other organisations to conduct wider analysis and further explore patterns in crime and policing. The data are provided to the Home Office for research and statistical purposes.

Updates to this page

Published 12 May 2020
Last updated 18 November 2022
  1. Updated 'Home Office Crime and Policing Research – Privacy Information Notice and renamed to 'Home Office Crime Research and Police and Fire research – Privacy Notice'.

  2. Updated ‘Home Office Annual Data Requirement (ADR) data – Privacy Information Notice' and 'Home Office Crime and Policing Research – Privacy Information Notice'.

  3. 'Home Office Crime and Policing Research – Privacy Information Notice', section 4 has been amended from 'Data are submitted via aggregate data returns' to 'Data are usually submitted via aggregate data returns, though occasionally record level data are required for analytical purposes'.

  4. First published.

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