Rishi Sunak claimed last week that violent crime has gone down 'considerably' over the past few years. But is he right? FactCheck takes a look 👇
Rishi Sunak claimed during Prime Minister’s Questions on 8 March that “violent crime is now down considerably over the past few years”, with the government bringing forward new powers to improve the police’s use of stop and search making “a major difference”.The prime minister didn’t specify what years he had in mind for the comparison, but FactCheck understands that he’s using the 12 months before the coronavirus pandemic as the baseline.
The most reliable measure of crime is the Office for National Statistics’ Crime Survey for England and Wales . This estimates the extent of crime, including crimes that are never reported to the police. The latest ONS data – which covers the 12 months up to September 2022 – shows “no significant change” in the level of violent crime compared to the year ending March 2020.
The statisticians added that incidents of violent crime remained “broadly similar to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels”.FactCheck understands he was referring to police recorded crime figures, which do show reductions in some types of violent crime such as knife crime and homicides., police records are not the most reliable way to measure the true extent of crime.
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