The following is a compendium of statistics about Britain that I have come across.

NB: I make no narrative or causal claims based on what is presented here.

Section 1: Crime and policing

Source: HoC library briefing paper number SN-00634 “Police service strength”

Source: Home Office report entitled “Police powers and procedures, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2019”

Source: https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/olympic-britain/crime-and-defence/crimes-of-the-century/. Contrasting this and the previous graph illustrates the importance of getting as long-time data as possible.

SECTION 2: Demography

Source: HoC BRIEFING PAPER Number CBP06077, 3 June 2019



Source: Same as below

Contrasting this chart with the growth in the population size shows a much greater decline in the prevalence of marriage.

Chart taken from a Center for Social Justice report entitled “Fractured Families: why stability matters”

SECTION 3: Economics

Taken from a Parliamentary Briefings paper entitled “Poverty in the UK: Statistics”. AHC means “after housing costs” and BHC means “before housing costs”.

NB: This is not my calculation. This was taken from: https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/9178

Source: DWP Family Resources Survey 2017/18

Source: DoE “Graduate Labour Market Statistics 2018”

Source: DoE “Graduate Labour Market Statistics 2018”

Source: DoE “Graduate Labour Market Statistics 2018”

Source: DoE “Graduate Labour Market Statistics 2018”

Source: DoE “Graduate Labour Market Statistics 2018”

Source: Own work based on data from section 4 of https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/work-pay-and-benefits/unemployment-and-economic-inactivity/unemployment/latest

Source: Own work based on data from section 4 of https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/work-pay-and-benefits/unemployment-and-economic-inactivity/economic-inactivity/latest

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government report entitled “Local authority housing statistics: Year ending March 2018, England”

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government report entitled “Local authority housing statistics: Year ending March 2018, England”

FTSE250 stock market index. Sourced from Yahoo Finance

GBP-EUR exchange rate. Sourced from Yahoo Finance

Source: Bank of England Monetary Policy Report and Interim Financial Stability Report May 2020

SECTION 4: GOVERNMENT FINANCES

Taken from the HM Treasury report “Statistical Bulletin: Public Spending Statistics November 2018”

Source: Department for International Development “Statistics on International Development 2018”

Source: Department for International Development “Statistics on International Development 2018”

Taken from the IFS report entitled “UK Health spending – IFS briefing note BN201”

NB: Taken from THE INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES

Briefing Note No. 25

SECTION 5: CLIMATE

Taken from the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial strategy report entitled “UK energy in brief 2018”.

Same source as above

Same source as above

Same source as above

Same source as above

SECTION 6: Health

Source: Own work using data from section 3 of https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/health/alcohol-smoking-and-drug-use/adult-smokers/latest

Source: Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet England: 2017. NHS Digital

Taken from the Department of Health and Social Care report “Abortion Statistics, England and

Wales: 2018″

Same source

Same source

SECTION 7: EDUCATION

Statistics from HESA

Source: DoE “Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2019”

Source: DoE “Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2019”

Source: DoE “Expenditure by Local Authorities and Schools on Education, Children’s and Young People’s Services in England, 2018-19”

Source: DoE “Expenditure by Local Authorities and Schools on Education, Children’s and Young People’s Services in England, 2018-19”

Source: DoE “Expenditure by Local Authorities and Schools on Education, Children’s and Young People’s Services in England, 2018-19”

Same source as above

Same source as above. Note that this is not a time-series, but I thought it worthwhile to examine what subjects are being studied at university and what the gender divide looks like.

Taken from a Department for Education report entitled “Participation rates in higher education”



Same source as above

SOURCE: UK DoE report entitled “Ethnicity, deprivation and educational achievement at age 16 in England: trends over time”

SECTION 8: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE

This is taken from a Parliamentary Research briefing paper entitled “UK election statistics: 1918-2018: A century of elections”

This chart shows levels of public interest in politics. It is taken from the Hansard Society Audit of Political engagement number 16. Note that the time axis does not correspond perfectly with years.

Source: Hansard Audit of Political Engagement 2019

Source: Own work based on data from section 2 of https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/culture-and-community/transport/car-or-van-ownership/latest

Source: Own work based on data from section 2 of https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/culture-and-community/transport/driving-licences/latest

SECTION 9: GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATION

SECTION 10: Public Opinion and Behaviour

Source: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1908630116 (this is based on US data, but I imagine the trends are similar in the UK)