Asset recovery statistical bulletin

Asset denial by restraint (Restraint Orders), seizures (cash, Listed Assets) and freezing orders (Account Freezing Orders) and asset recovery through Criminal Confiscations, Civil Forfeitures and Civil Recovery powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) 2002 are used to deprive criminals of their money, or other property connected to criminal activity, and recover theproceeds of crime. They represent important tools in the disruption of criminal activity and an alternative, or supplementary, mechanism to criminal prosecution and conviction. Criminal proceeds can subsequently be reinvested for use in tackling crime and in some cases be returned in compensation to victims.

This release contains Official Statistics on the value and volume of proceeds of crime restrained, seized, frozen (the ‘denial’ phase) and subsequently recovered and receipted (the ‘recovery’ phase). The release also includes statistics on:

• the value and volume of proceeds of crime by the associated criminal offence types (including modern slavery and grand corruption in annexes b and c respectively)
• the value of compensation paid to victims
• the amount of funds distributed to POCA agencies through the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme (ARIS)
• the use of funds received by POCA Agencies through ARIS
• the amount awarded to projects via ARIS Top Slice Funding
• statistics on International Asset Recovery

This release refers to data covering the financial years ending March 2018 to March 2023, for the jurisdictions of England and Wales and Northern Ireland. The release does not include data covering Scotland.