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Killings are lowest in 20 years
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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The number of murders, manslaughters and child killings has dropped by 17% to a 20-year low, the annual crime figures for England and Wales show. There were 136 fewer killings in 2008/9 compared to a year earlier, according to the Home Office figures.
Tags: BBC Wales, Audience Council for Wales, crimes figures, England, annual crimes, lowest level, murders rate, figures showed, recorded crimes
Burglary on the rise as recession bites
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
Credibility A surprise 25 per cent increase in personal theft and a rise in domestic burglary in crime figures published today suggest that the recession is driving up acquisitive offending. The figures, the first to be released by the Office of National Statistics...
Tags: crimes figures, WalesOnline, North Wales Police, England, increase ins, credit crunch, Britain, domestic burglary, rises ins, period ins
Stabbings among British crime increases
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
Credibility The number of fatal stabbings has increased in Britain, part of an alarming rise in certain crimes throughout the country last year, data indicate. The British Crime Survey found the 270 fatal stabbings that took place in Britain in 2007-08 were a record...
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Labour under fire for wrong crime data
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility The home office, which released crime statistics for April-June 2008, admitted that some police forces may have been mis-reporting the violent crimes figures for more than 10 years. The latest figures showed a 22 per cent increase in the most serious...
Police undercount violent crimes
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Officials said some crimes that should have been classed as grievous bodily harm were recorded as a lesser assault...Policing Minister Vernon Coaker said crime figures could still be trusted. The overall number of crimes recorded by police in England...
Tags: violent crimes, police forces, bodily harm, grievous bodily, admits police, crimes surges, crimes figures
Knife offences spread while crime rate falls
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility 6 London: Official figures released on Thursday revealed there were more than 22,000 serious offences in England and Wales involving knives in 2007-8 but overall crime fell significantly. Knife crime has become a top political issue in recent weeks with...
Tags: knife crimes, England, Wales, crimes figures, London, knife attacks, violent crimes, annual crimes
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