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... and the same goes for gun crime, even though all those mean, nasty handguns and assault weapons are illegal!
From the Telegraph, London (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/mai...e21.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/07/21/ixhome.html):
Reports of violent crime rise to the highest level since Labour was elected
By John Steele, Home Affairs Correspondent
(Filed: 21/07/2005)
Violent crime recorded by police has risen to its highest level since Tony Blair came to power, Home Office figures showed yesterday.
The sharpest increase is in injuries inflicted by low-level thuggery.
The trend in offences of violence that victims regard as important enough to report to police is now at around twice the 1998 level.
Yesterday's figures for the year 2004-2005 show that there were 1,185,702 offences of violent crime - nearly 100,000 per month and up from 1.109 million the previous year, the first year in which overall violence topped a million offences.
Those figures include robbery and sexual attacks. The total for the "violence against the person" category, which is measured separately from rape and robbery, rose by eight per cent to 1,035,046, the first time it has gone over one million.
The Home Office said that the figures could be explained in part by the continuing impact of recent changes in the way crime was recorded. But it conceded that police were uncovering more low-level violence in towns and cities, which it said was in part because of the "more proactive policing of violent problems". Police believe that much of the low-level violence is alcohol-related.
The bulk of offences of violence against the person last year involved offences outside the category of "more serious" violence, which rose only slightly, by three per cent.
There were 490,500 "other offences against a person, with injury" - a 13 per cent rise on the previous year to an average of more than 1,300 a day.
There were 472,400 offences of lesser violence with no injury, a fall of one per cent from last year.
The most violent police force areas in which to live last year - measured by recorded violence offences per 1,000 population - were the Metropolitan Police area (34), Humberside (30) and Merseyside (28).
The figures also show that gun crime rose last year, after levelling out several years ago. There are now nearly 11,000 firearms offences a year, or about 30 a day. There was a slight increase in the number of homicides involving guns.
As in previous years, the statistics on violence have contrasted with police recorded crime statistics for England and Wales, which show crime falling from 5.93 million offences in 2003-2004 to 5.56 million last year, a drop of six per cent.
Domestic burglary fell by 20 per cent and thefts of and from vehicles was down by 17 per cent.
Police detections of crimes they recorded rose from 23 per cent to 26 per cent.
The Home Office report, Crime in England and Wales, places emphasis on the other measure of crime, the British Crime Survey, which asks the public aged 16 and over about its experiences of crime, rather than offences brought to the attention of police.
Under previous administrations, the crime survey, which has shown higher levels of offences, was generally regarded as supplementary to the recorded statistics.
However, in recent years, it has generally shown steeper falls than recorded crime and has become more attractive to ministers under pressure on crime and disorder.
The survey shows a fall in overall crime of seven per cent last year, and a long-term decline in levels of violence, which it said last year had dropped by seven per cent.
Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, said: "Although the British Crime Survey records an 11 per cent decrease in violent crime, I recognise that this remains an issue of concern and the increase in police recorded violent crime contributes significantly to the fear of crime."
From the Telegraph, London (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/mai...e21.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/07/21/ixhome.html):
Reports of violent crime rise to the highest level since Labour was elected
By John Steele, Home Affairs Correspondent
(Filed: 21/07/2005)
Violent crime recorded by police has risen to its highest level since Tony Blair came to power, Home Office figures showed yesterday.
The sharpest increase is in injuries inflicted by low-level thuggery.
The trend in offences of violence that victims regard as important enough to report to police is now at around twice the 1998 level.
Yesterday's figures for the year 2004-2005 show that there were 1,185,702 offences of violent crime - nearly 100,000 per month and up from 1.109 million the previous year, the first year in which overall violence topped a million offences.
Those figures include robbery and sexual attacks. The total for the "violence against the person" category, which is measured separately from rape and robbery, rose by eight per cent to 1,035,046, the first time it has gone over one million.
The Home Office said that the figures could be explained in part by the continuing impact of recent changes in the way crime was recorded. But it conceded that police were uncovering more low-level violence in towns and cities, which it said was in part because of the "more proactive policing of violent problems". Police believe that much of the low-level violence is alcohol-related.
The bulk of offences of violence against the person last year involved offences outside the category of "more serious" violence, which rose only slightly, by three per cent.
There were 490,500 "other offences against a person, with injury" - a 13 per cent rise on the previous year to an average of more than 1,300 a day.
There were 472,400 offences of lesser violence with no injury, a fall of one per cent from last year.
The most violent police force areas in which to live last year - measured by recorded violence offences per 1,000 population - were the Metropolitan Police area (34), Humberside (30) and Merseyside (28).
The figures also show that gun crime rose last year, after levelling out several years ago. There are now nearly 11,000 firearms offences a year, or about 30 a day. There was a slight increase in the number of homicides involving guns.
As in previous years, the statistics on violence have contrasted with police recorded crime statistics for England and Wales, which show crime falling from 5.93 million offences in 2003-2004 to 5.56 million last year, a drop of six per cent.
Domestic burglary fell by 20 per cent and thefts of and from vehicles was down by 17 per cent.
Police detections of crimes they recorded rose from 23 per cent to 26 per cent.
The Home Office report, Crime in England and Wales, places emphasis on the other measure of crime, the British Crime Survey, which asks the public aged 16 and over about its experiences of crime, rather than offences brought to the attention of police.
Under previous administrations, the crime survey, which has shown higher levels of offences, was generally regarded as supplementary to the recorded statistics.
However, in recent years, it has generally shown steeper falls than recorded crime and has become more attractive to ministers under pressure on crime and disorder.
The survey shows a fall in overall crime of seven per cent last year, and a long-term decline in levels of violence, which it said last year had dropped by seven per cent.
Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, said: "Although the British Crime Survey records an 11 per cent decrease in violent crime, I recognise that this remains an issue of concern and the increase in police recorded violent crime contributes significantly to the fear of crime."
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