Jacqui Smith is pleased with the figures, however the fly in the ointment is that this is based on crime reported to the Police. Most people I know would not bother to report crime to the Police, as it is now just a statistical exercise, the thieves are never caught.The Police now are now very reluctant to even investigate car crime anymore. I would like to see the correlated claims made on person...

Guido reporting the Police have turned up at Westminster, and the man is a privy councillor with arbitary powers to steal you land,home and posessions. Mr. Morley- The link between quality of life and crime is an important issue for the police. Sometimes, the police think that low-level nuisance crime is not a priority and that they should concentrate on more serious crime. They should be doing th...

Mr. Morley The link between quality of life and crime is an important issue for the police. Sometimes, the police think that low-level nuisance crime is not a priority and that they should concentrate on more serious crime. They should be doing that, but cracking down on low-level, antisocial, nuisance crime, including environmental crime, will deter more serious crime. Sometimes, some individual ...

It's down, I tell you. Today we have those Home Office annual Crime Stats. And the Big News is that CRIME IS DOWN.As the BBC has been headlining all day, police recorded crime is down 9% over the year. And that's without even needing to fall back on the murky British Crime Survey opinion poll (see previous blogs),Great.Except... in that case, why do we all think crime is going up - Prog Con spokesma...

Crime Maps are go. At least, crime maps are being tested by the Met police right now. And on a quick first glance, they look quite impressive. The Power of Information Taskforce has been building proof of concept crime maps and talking to the Met and other organisations who have an interest in this field. I’d

The Metropolitan police force has introduced its first trial crime map showing burglary, robbery and vehicle crime for the whole of London. By Jemima Kiss

CUTTING police numbers will not automatically increase crime, according to a former Scottish police chief who today effectively accuses the Police Federation of scaremongering

Home Office - This publication presents the most recent crime statistics from the British Crime Survey and police recorded crime.

This site has been developed by the Metropolitan Police Service in association with the Metropolitan Police Authority and the Mayor of London. It provides the public and researchers with free access to crime mappings of London. Users can enter a postcode to retrieve maps of levels of crime in their neighbourhood. These enable comparison of trends in burglary, robbery and vehicle crime in the area ...

There is "no link" between increasing the number of police officers and a reduction in crime, the police minister claimed, sparking a political row.