Crime
The level of trust in the police
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Crime
It's hard to measure crime, which can make news stories seem more worrying than they really are. We look past the headlines to explain the full picture.
Crime
Factchecking the Oscars: 21 million slaves worldwide?
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Crime
Has the legal aid budget 'grown and grown and grown'?
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Health
Getting higher: drug use among the middle-aged
The Mail reports a growing number of over-40s are taking illegal drugs. What do the figures say? Read
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Health
The number of girls at risk of FGM is hard to estimate
One estimate of the number of girls in England and Wales who are at risk of female genital mutilation is 24,000. But there are problems with this number, and a scarcity of other sources on the topic. Read
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Crime
Stop and search: the racial imbalance
Spotlight on police stop and search, with context, key facts and main sources of information. Including: the laws governing stop and search, and racial imbalance. Read
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Crime
800% increases aren't always as big as they look
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Crime
Is the illegal trade in wildlife the fourth largest in the world?
How valuable is illegal wildlife trading compared to drugs and human trafficking? Prince William says it ranks highly, but how far behind the leaders is it? Read
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Crime
Are unreliable police crime statistics concealing rising crime?
Crime is falling. It's falling under this government and it fell under the last government. Read
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Crime
How unusual are rape data "inconsistencies"?
The reputation of crime statistics has taken a few knocks of late, after a committee of MPs heard evidence that figures were often deliberately manipulated to under-report certain crimes. Rape … Read
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