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.

22 March 2023

You cannot get ‘half-ownership’ of a property you’ve rented for five years

A claim linked to Serco offering landlords six year, 11 month contracts is going viral.

20 February 2023

How does the government’s minimum service level legislation compare to strike laws in other European countries?

Rishi Sunak and Grant Shapps have compared the new Bill to laws in France, Spain, Italy and Ireland.

18 January 2023

Brandon Lewis misleading to compare voter ID to picking up parcel or library book

The MP and former cabinet minister said needing ID to vote was the same as needing it to pick up a parcel at the Post Office.

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4 January 2023

Rishi Sunak’s New Year speech fact checked

We’ve looked at some of the claims made by the PM in his first speech of 2023.

17 November 2022

Warning over alleged Christmas postal ‘scam’ is long out of date

The premium-rate number a Facebook post warns about was shut down in 2005.

2 November 2022

Claims that bogus census takers are robbing houses in the UK are false

Similar posts have been appearing around the world for at least six years.

28 October 2022

Are crime rates at a record high?

Although the number of crimes recorded by police is on the rise, the overall crime rate as measured by the crime survey is falling.

21 October 2022

How might the Retained EU Law Bill affect our right to watch the Olympics for free?

In PMQs, Labour MP Stella Creasy claimed the Retained EU Law Bill would ‘abolish’ the right to watch the Olympics for free. The government told Full Fact that this wouldn’t happen.

6 September 2022

Boris Johnson’s final speech as PM: fact checked

We’ve checked six key claims from Boris Johnson’s final speech as Prime Minister, on the vaccine rollout, NHS, schools and more.

2 September 2022

Report of abandoned newborn babies around the country are false

Images of a newborn baby supposedly abandoned in several English towns and cities were actually taken in Thailand in 2017.

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You cannot get ‘half-ownership’ of a property you’ve rented for five years

How does the government’s minimum service level legislation compare to strike laws in other European countries?

Brandon Lewis misleading to compare voter ID to picking up parcel or library book

Rishi Sunak’s New Year speech fact checked

Warning over alleged Christmas postal ‘scam’ is long out of date

Claims that bogus census takers are robbing houses in the UK are false

Are crime rates at a record high?

How might the Retained EU Law Bill affect our right to watch the Olympics for free?

Boris Johnson’s final speech as PM: fact checked

Report of abandoned newborn babies around the country are false

Full Fact fights bad information