Crime and Policing Bill 2025: factsheets
These factsheets provide more information about the Crime and Policing Bill, which was introduced in the House of Commons on 25 February 2025.
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The factsheets explain the measures in the bill, why they are needed and what impact they will have.
Updates to this page
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Factsheet on international cooperation added.
Update history
2026-02-04 11:26
Headings in police powers factsheet changed from “Remotely stored electronic data” to “Extraction of online information” to reflect legislative drafting.
2025-07-21 12:14
Factsheet on international cooperation added.
2025-07-04 15:47
Knife crime and crossbows factsheet updated.
2025-06-26 15:24
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse recommendations factsheet updated.
2025-06-23 09:53
Serious crime factsheet, statistics on domain names and IP addresses: updated the Crime Survey for England and Wales data, and added Cyber Security Breaches Survey data.
2025-06-20 16:56
Added factsheet on anonymity of firearms officers.
2025-06-20 10:42
New factsheet added, on dangerous cycling offences and public order police powers. The other factsheets have been updated to reflect the latest version of the bill, introduced to the House of Lords on 19 June.
2025-06-13 15:16
Updated the drug testing on arrest statistics in the police powers factsheet.
2025-06-10 11:33
‘Key statistics’ section of spiking factsheet amended.
2025-06-06 11:32
The proceeds of crime factsheet has been updated with the most recent crime statistics and Ofcom survey data.
2025-06-05 13:12
Figures for child sexual abuse material updated for 2024.
2025-06-05 09:54
Updated key statistics in the child criminal exploitation and ‘cuckooing’ factsheet.
2025-06-04 15:11
Updated information under key statistics on the Crime and Policing Bill: Retail crime factsheet and on the Crime and Policing Bill: Serious crime factsheet.
2025-02-25 15:15
First published.