Crimes of Violence: Preston
(asked on 13th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Police UK statistics, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in the number of violence and sexual offences in Preston in the last two years.
Data on the number of crimes recorded by police forces in England and Wales are published quarterly. The latest figures for Preston Community Safety Partnership (CSP) show increases in recorded violence against the person and recorded sexual offences in the years ending March 2017 and March 2018 as set out below.
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| Mar-16 | Mar-17 | Mar-18 | |||
| % change | Volume | % change | Volume | % change | Volume |
Violence against the person | n/a | 3,074 | 19% | 3,657 | 38% | 5,045 |
Sexual offences | n/a | 292 | 3% | 301 | 65% | 497 |
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables
The most recent national crime figures are published by the Office for National Statistic in ‘Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2018Overall, violence recorded by police forces in England and Wales increased by 19% in the year ending March 2018, and recorded sexual offences increased by 24% over the same period. 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 such crimes 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.