WickedsDesire -> Largest crime rise in England and Wales for 10 years (7/20/2017 12:02:39 PM)
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Largest crime rise in England and Wales for 10 years Crime in England and Wales has seen its largest annual rise in a decade, according to the Office for National Statistics. The total number of crimes reported to and recorded by the police rose by 10% between April 2016 and March 2017 to almost five million. Violent crime was up by 18%, robbery by 16% and sex offences by 14%. The figures come as Home Office data shows the number of police officers is the lowest since 1985. A report said there were 123,142 officers across all ranks in England and Wales at the end of March this year. Despite the rise in crime recorded by police, the Crime Survey of England and Wales, based on people's experiences of crime, showed a 7% drop. The Crime Survey is always published on the same day as the ONS figures. Its results are based on a face-to-face survey of 38,000 adults and children in which they are asked about their experiences of crime in the previous year. The method means it includes crimes that are never reported to the police. 'High harm offences' In the ONS statistics, nearly five million crimes were recorded by the police in the last year - 458,021 more than the previous year. The number of offences of violence against a person went up 18% to 175,060 offences. Theft was up 7%, with 118,774 crimes recorded, and public order offences rose 39% to 78,697. There were 723 homicides in the past year - made up of murders, manslaughter and infanticide cases. The figure included the 96 Hillsborough deaths for the first time, following the inquest verdict in April 2016 that the victims had been unlawfully killed 27 years earlier. Even without this number, there was still a 9% rise in homicide. There was also a 23% increase in firearms offences - equalling a further 1,200 crimes - and a 20% increase in knife crime - meaning 5,800 more offences. And the Americans think I pick on them - bunch of paranoid fuks Looking good Britain! or's it the UK
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