Statistics
Home Office Research, Development & Statistics Directorate
The Research, Development and Statistics Directorate (RDS) is an integral part of the Home Office. It provides information that helps Ministers and policy makers take evidence-based decisions.
RDS also helps the police, probation service, the courts, immigration officials and fire-fighters to do their jobs as effectively as possible.
It does this by maintaining the various statistical services published by the Home Office and by carrying out research itself or commissioning others to do so.
As well as the main series of Home Office Statistical Bulletins, there are also specific research paper series including the Crime Reduction Research Series and the Police Research Series.
Visit the RDS website to view publications, the RDS Research Programme, the Statistical Programme, and rds digest 4 - information on the criminal justice system
Last update: 11/09/03