Crime Statistics

Today the Home Office released the latest quarterly update up to December 2010

British Crime Survey (BCS) and Police Recorded Crime are used to compile the statistics.

 

To see the latest statistics click on this link

 

Comments circulated quickly on Twitter during the morning! Here are a few:

 APA @AssocPoliceAuth

Crime down and confidence up! APA comment on new crime stats:

ACPO @PoliceChiefs

Latest recorded crime statistics and British Crime Survey shows police are continuing to drive down crime:

 

policesupers @policesupers 

President – clear picture is emerging of continuing falls in crime
 
@Domcasciani 

Interesting explanation for burglary simultaneously rising and falling in latest crime stats …
 
@TimesCrime Sean O’Neill

Those crime figures in full: Burglary up 14% and down 7% at the same time!

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