"recorded an increase" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used when referring to data or statistics that have been officially recorded and show an upward trend. Example: According to the latest report, the company recorded an increase in sales by 10% compared to the previous quarter.
Year on year, theguardian.com has recorded an increase of almost 31% in unique users.
Who else in the auto industry recorded an increase in sales last year?
Individual species that recorded an increase in 2013 included the brimstone, common blue, small and large skipper and small tortoiseshell.
Changes introduced two years ago have slowed sales of £1m-plus homes, although recent figures show that the government has recorded an increase in receipts.
Mike Sawyer, sales and development manager of rival pet transporters JCS Livestock, says his firm has also recorded an increase in business.
In June, nine cities recorded an increase in home values from the month before, with prices in Boston, Denver and Minneapolis all up at least 1percentt.
Domestic violence service providers have recorded an increase in the number of women seeking help for online harassment – and many services struggle to meet demand.
Hospitals in eight countries have recorded an increase in the number of cases requiring intensive care over the past three weeks, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
But 58 percent of E.T.F.'s recorded an increase in tracking error last year, versus 39 percent with a decrease and 3 percent with no change.
Between 2006/08 and 2010/12, eight of the nine English regions recorded an increase in median household total wealth, with households in London seeing the largest proportional rise - median household wealth rose in the capital by 31%.
The warning from Nautilus comes after the government's Marine Accident Investigation branch revealed it had recorded an increase in accidents involving windfarm service vessels crashing into "wind towers, quaysides and other vessels".
