Crime
Crime is difficult to measure and that makes it easy to be alarmed by newspaper reports that might not tell the whole story. We look behind the headline figures and put them in context
Many children have been the victims of grooming gangs, but there’s no evidence for a figure of one million
We can’t objectively compare the public response to grooming gangs with Black Lives Matter
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Pressing ‘cancel’ does not prevent cash machine fraud
It is a common myth that pressing cancel before using a cash machine will prevent fraud
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We know of one successful conviction of a police officer for the killing of someone in police custody since 1971
Also two police forces and one officer have been prosecuted successfully for crimes related to the death of someone in custody since 1971.
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If you need the police but can’t talk, dial 999 from a mobile, then 55 when prompted and don’t hang up
If you can’t talk but need the police, you can dial 55 when prompted on a 999 call from a mobile.
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There’s not enough evidence to say it’s as easy to buy drugs as pizza in the UK
The head of a Home Office investigation into drug use in Britain claimed it is almost easier to buy drugs than pizza.
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Context is needed in this article about offences committed prior to prison sentences
In prison sentences of less than six months, the average number of previous offences was 60 for females and 57 for males.
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Change in LGBT+ hate crime levels not as simple as Dawn Butler suggests
There are two sources of data on this type of hate crime, one estimates a 261% increase and the other a 40% decrease since around 2010.
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Justice spending is down 25% since 2010, not 40%
The government did announce a real terms reduction of 40% to the Ministry of Justice but ultimately reduced funding by 25% between 2010/11 and 2019/20.
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There’s limited evidence that lie detectors will be effective on terror offenders
Lie detectors aren’t accurate, but that’s not the only measure of their worth.
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It’s very unlikely that fewer knife offenders are facing jail
Claims from Labour about knife crime sentencing aren’t comparing like-with-like.
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