Published November 20, 2024 2:34pm Updated November 20, 2024 2:35pm
The UK’s apical transgression hotspots person been revealed, with our interactive representation letting you spot however unsafe your country is.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the fig of crimes per 1,000 radical for each constabulary unit successful England and Wales.
Figures for the twelvemonth to March 2024 amusement Cleveland Police dealing with the highest complaint of offences successful proportionality to its population.
The unit recorded 132.4 crimes per 1,000 radical – higher than the mean crossed the full of England and Wales, which is 110.5.
Cleveland besides has the 2nd highest complaint of weapon transgression successful the country, astatine 154 per 100,000 people, with 1 successful each 20 crimes dealt with by the unit involving superior violence.
West Yorkshire (121.7), Greater Manchester (117.7), South Yorkshire (111.1) and West Midlands Police (111.1) circular retired the apical five.
The UK’s biggest constabulary unit – the Metropolitan Police – ranks sixth with a transgression complaint of 105.1 per 1,000 people.
Where are astir crimes recorded?
- Cleveland – 132.4 per 1,000 people
- West Yorkshire – 121.7
- Greater Manchester – 117.7
- South Yorkshire – 111.1
- West Midlands – 111.1
- Metropolitan Police – 105.1
- Humberside – 105
- Durham – 100.8
- Merseyside – 100.8
- Northumbria – 98.5
The ONS figures amusement the fig of crimes reported crossed England and Wales successful the 12 months covered by the survey fell slightly, from 6.74 cardinal successful 2022/23 to 6.66 cardinal successful 2023/24.
There has been a crisp summation successful convulsive crimes and intersexual offences since successful the past decade, they added, portion shoplifting offences successful peculiar person continued to deed grounds levels.
Separate figures besides showed that the percent of crimes solved successful England and Wales was conscionable 5.7% successful 2023.
The clearance complaint of intersexual offences was conscionable 3.6%.
Victims are besides having to hold longer to spot justice, with crown tribunal backlogs meaning cases took an mean of 676 days to scope a decision from the clip the offence was committed.
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