Welcome to the Research Development and Statistics (RDS) website.

Our role is to manage research and collect statistics. We do this in a number of areas including crime, policing, immigration and drugs.

This information helps the Home Office address the concerns of ordinary citizens. It also helps the police, prison and probation officers, the courts and immigration officials to do their jobs as effectively as possible.

To find out more, click here

subjects you're reading	reports you're reading
Statistics on the Internet	Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2007
Immigration and Asylum Statistics	Quarterly Asylum Statistics First Quarter 2008
Country of origin information service	Asylum Statistics United Kingdom 2007
British Crime Survey	Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom - 2nd Quarter 2008
Home Office Counting Rules for Recorded Crime	Crime in England and Wales 2007/08 - Summary of the main statistics

Last updated 21 August 2008