Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
The official crime survey found there were seven million incidents in the year to September 2014 – down 11% on the previous 12 months. Police recorded crime remained stable at 3.7 million incidents – but with rises in violence and sexual offences. The Office for National Statistics says those rises relate to better recording. The figures published on Thursday are the penultimate results before the general election in May. Official figures on crime are published every quarter and are drawn from two sources. The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and incidents reported to the police and recorded by them. The CSEW, which questions 35,000 people, estimates that crime is now at its lowest level since the rolling study began in 1981. Last year, the national statistics watchdog said it could no longer approve figures recorded by the police because they were unreliable – prompting major revisions of how each force handles its figures. That review has played a key part in a 16% rise in recorded violence, a 10% rise in public order offences and a 22% rise in sexual offences. ‘Broken promise’ Forces recorded 24,000 rapes and almost 49,000 other sexual offences – the highest numbers since […]
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