Admin l Thursday, February 9, 2017
SOUTH WALES, United Kingdom – The Office for National Statistics, ONS has released figures for violent and sexual crimes in England and Wales.
According to the office, the figure has dropped to 1.3 million from 3.8 million in 1995 for the year ending March 2016.
“The estimated annual number of CSEW violent crime incidents has fallen from its 1995 peak of 3.8 million to 1.3 million. However, there was no statistically significant change compared with the previous year’s survey”, the office said.
According to ONS, improvements in crime recording processes by the police are thought to be the main driver of a 27% rise in the number of violence against the person offences recorded by the police in the year ending March 2016 compared with the previous year.
It added that the 106,098 sexual offences recorded by the police was the highest figure recorded since the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in 2002.
it said the development is thought to reflect a greater willingness of victims to come forward to report such crimes, including non-recent victims.
