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Written question asked by Keith Vaz (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 September 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 October 2018. It was answered by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Monday, 15 October 2018 on behalf of the Home Office.

Crime: Leicester

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of reported crime in Leicester.

Answer

Crime figures for England and Wales are published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and incorporate police recorded crime (PRC) and the independent Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW). The table below shows the changes in PRC for Leicester Community Safety Partnership for the previous five years.

Year Ending

Mar-14

Mar-15

Mar-16

Mar-17

Mar-18

Volume

28,886

28,410

28,952

32,795

39,708

%change

-2%

2%

13%

21%

Source: PRC open data tables

Overall, crime recorded by police forces in England and Wales increased by 11% in the year ending March 2018. The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said that this increase is largely due to improvements in crime recording by police forces and the increased willingness of victims to report crime to the police. The ONS has also noted that there have been genuine rises in some low-volume, high-harm categories of violence, notably knife crime, gun crime and homicide. Our Serious Violence Strategy, published on 9 April, puts greater focus on steering young people away from a life of crime, while continuing to promote a strong law enforcement response.

The most recent national crime figures are published by the Office for National Statistic in ‘Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2018’ (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2018).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
173964
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Crime Leicester
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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