magazines

Home Office Research Development and Statistics Publications

Online copies of Home Office reports dated 1969 to 2007 published by the Research Development and Statistics Directorate (RDS) are provided here

The interactive list of online reports  presents the Home Office reports in date order. To download files from this list, click on the file links therein.

Also, our library catalogue contains many of these reports.  You can search for any of these by title words, author or subject.  Include [Home Office] as one of your search terms to restrict your search appropriately.

 

 

The following series are available:

Development and Practice Reports
These give guidance for practitioners in specific fields.

Home Office Research Reports
These generally consist of three sections - key implications, an executive summary and the main report.

Online Publications
Internet only research reports.

Home Office Research Studies
These give very detailed results and methodology.

Findings
Summary research reports giving key headline results and basic methodology.

Miscellaneous Publications
Includes Crime Statistics, Occasional Papers, Crime Reduction Programme guidance notes and RDS Practitioners Guides.

Police Research Series Papers

Policing and Reducing Crime Unit Briefing Notes

Research and Planning Unit Papers