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[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

Crime in England and Wales has seen its largest annual rise in a decade, according to the Office for National Statistics.
The total number of crimes reported to and recorded by the police rose by 10% between April 2016 and March 2017 to almost five million.
Violent crime was up by 18%, robbery by 16% and sex offences by 14%.
The figures come as Home Office data shows the number of police officers is the lowest since 1985.
A report said there were 123,142 officers across all ranks in England and Wales at the end of March this year.
Despite the rise in crime recorded by police, the Crime Survey of England and Wales, based on people's experiences of crime, showed a 7% drop.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40665733


Well hold on a minute, cutting police numbers/budgets so dramatically like the tories have done causes a crime increase?

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

The government and tabloids will still somehow blame Labour.

 

[DarthMasta]

The government and tabloids will still somehow blame Labour.

Clearly the EU's fault...