Government figures show that the total number of offences has been rising by 6-7% annually.
The total number of offences has dropped for the second year running, retailers reported, to 750,144 incidents.
In this case, the agreed benchmark is the number of times an offender is reconvicted within 12 months of leaving prison rather than their total number of offences.
The total number of offences involving a knife or bladed instrument recorded by the Metropolitan police in the year to March 2018 rose to 40,147, a seven-year record.
The total number of offences recorded by police has reached a new high, with 57,652 recorded during the period across England and Wales since hate crime was established in April 2012.
Director Dave Scott said: "Over the last decade there have been over 7,000 people charged with religious hate crimes and with under 30s accounting for 50% of the total number of offences this has to be the generation on which we focus our efforts.
A total of 3,605 offences have been introduced since May 1997, an average of 320 a year.
A total of 289 offences were recorded on 25 June, the first full day after the referendum result was announced.
The defendants deny a total of 49 offences said to have been committed between 2006 and 2012.
"The nine individuals are charged with a total of 60 offences, including conspiracy to defraud, multiple counts of forgery, and making and possessing articles for use in fraud".
Three of Barry Bennell's victims have made emotional statements outside Liverpool crown court after the former football coach was convicted of a total of 50 offences against boys.
