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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.

Updates to this page

From:
Home Office and Ministry of Justice
Published:
25 February 2025
Last updated:
12 May 2026
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  1. Updated to link to factsheets published after enactment.

  2. Updated to reflect enactment of the bill.

  3. Headings in police powers factsheet changed from "Remotely stored electronic data" to "Extraction of online information" to reflect legislative drafting.

  4. Factsheet on international cooperation added.

  5. Knife crime and crossbows factsheet updated.

  6. Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse recommendations factsheet updated.

  7. 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.

  8. Added factsheet on anonymity of firearms officers.

  9. 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.

  10. Updated the drug testing on arrest statistics in the police powers factsheet.

  11. 'Key statistics' section of spiking factsheet amended.

  12. The proceeds of crime factsheet has been updated with the most recent crime statistics and Ofcom survey data.

  13. Figures for child sexual abuse material updated for 2024.

  14. Updated key statistics in the child criminal exploitation and 'cuckooing' factsheet.

  15. Updated information under key statistics on the Crime and Policing Bill: Retail crime factsheet and on the Crime and Policing Bill: Serious crime factsheet.

  16. First published.

This was published under the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

This publication was withdrawn on

These factsheets have been superseded by factsheets published after enactment on 29 April 2026.

Documents

Crime and Policing Bill: overarching factsheet

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Crime and Policing Bill: anonymity of firearms officers

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Crime and Policing Bill: antisocial behaviour (ASB) factsheet 

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Crime and Policing Bill: child criminal exploitation, cuckooing (home takeover) and coerced internal concealment factsheet

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Crime and Policing Bill: child sexual abuse material factsheet 

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Crime and Policing Bill: counter-terrorism and national security factsheet

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Crime and Policing Bill: dangerous cycling offences factsheet

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Crime and Policing Bill: Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse recommendations

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Crime and Policing Bill: international cooperation factsheet

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Crime and Policing Bill: justice factsheet (MoJ)

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Crime and Policing Bill:knife crime and crossbows factsheet

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Crime and Policing Bill: management of offenders factsheet 

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Crime and Policing Bill: police powers factsheet 

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Crime and Policing Bill: policing integrity factsheet 

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Crime and Policing Bill: proceeds of crime factsheet 

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Crime and Policing Bill: public order offences factsheet 

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Crime and Policing Bill: public order police powers factsheet

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Crime and Policing Bill: retail crime factsheet 

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Crime and Policing Bill: reducing violence against women and girls (VAWG) factsheet

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Crime and Policing Bill: serious crime factsheet 

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Crime and Policing Bill: spiking factsheet (MoJ)

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Details

The factsheets explain the measures in the bill, why they are needed and what impact they will have.

The Crime and Policing Bill 2025 received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026 and is now the Crime and Policing Act 2026.

See factsheets published after enactment.

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