“People have a one in 10 risk of being a victim of crime in the highest crime districts, but only there is a one in 50 risk in the best, figures reveal today.”
The Guardian, 13th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Humberside police service recorded the highest number of women murdered by their partners, and the City of London police the lowest, in the past five years, according to a new map of murder rates across England and Wales published by the government’s Equalities Unit yesterday.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New interactive maps which will allow every neighbourhood in England and Wales to access local crime information will be ready by the end of the year.”
BBC News, 28th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Solicitor General speech: crimes against older people prosecution policy.”
Attorney’s General’s Office, 18th July 2008
“More than 55% of knife and gun crime attacks in the past year were concentrated in inner-city areas of London, Birmingham and Manchester, according to Home Office statistics published yesterday.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Statistics for 2007-08 show historic falls in crime across England and Wales.”
Home Office, 17th july 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Crime cost the country nearly £15 billion – or £275 for every person – last year, according to a new report.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Boris Johnson is facing his first big policy obstacle as Mayor of London after the Information Commissioner objected to his plans to map crime in the capital street by street, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 25th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has admitted that there is ‘almost no public faith’ in crime figures.”
The Independent, 19th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“More than one in 10 violent attacks are committed by children, according to a newly released Home Office survey.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police have arrested 198 people on suspicion of domestic, homophobic and race hate crimes after raids across London, Scotland Yard have said.”
BBC News, 22nd May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A decade-long government drive to cut youth offending has had ‘no measurable impact’, an independent study suggests.”
BBC News, 21st May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The number of crimes committed by girls in England and Wales has gone up by 25% in three years, according to figures.”
BBC News, 15th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Forty of the UK’s leading technology designers and manufacturers will today (14 May) join Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and a number of young people to discuss new ways of harnessing the power of design to protect young people from crime – particularly theft of ‘hot products’ like mobile phones and MP3 players.”
Home Office press release, 14th May 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“An explanation of changes to the way the government is measuring reoffending rates.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th May 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Why are we asking this now?
This is one man’s view of how effective CCTV has been so far: ‘It’s been an utter fiasco: only 3 per cent of crimes were solved by CCTV. There’s no fear of CCTV. Why don’t people fear it? (They think) the cameras are not working.’ This is not some disgruntled or ill-informed citizen talking. The speaker is Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville, head of the Visual Images, Identifications and Detections Office (Viido) at New Scotland Yard, speaking this week at a security World Conference.”
The Independent, 7th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Only one crime is solved for every 800 new profiles added to the Government’s DNA database, it emerged yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Massive investment in CCTV cameras to prevent crime in the UK has failed to have a significant impact, despite billions of pounds spent on the new technology, a senior police officer piloting a new database has warned. Only 3% of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV images, despite the fact that Britain has more security cameras than any other country in Europe.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Crime is falling in England and Wales at an accelerating rate, according to figures from police forces published yesterday.”
The Times, 25th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Knife-wielding, gun-toting, pit-bull-packing hoodies are assailing us from every angle. They’re in the newspapers and on the television; the subject of police crackdowns, Government task forces and dinner-party debates.
But while ministers fear to tread our inner cities by night, the views of those best placed to discuss the issues surrounding street crime rarely see daylight.”
The Independent, 13th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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