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» Thursday, January 24, 2008

Crime Figures

Asked if the Prime Minister was disappointed that violent crime was still rising, the PMS replied that the crime figures this morning had shown that total recorded crime was down by 10%; domestic burglary was down by 8%; offences against vehicles was down by 12%; violence against the person was down by 8% and robbery was down by 17%. There had been an increase in drug offences but, as the Home Office was explaining, that was partly due to increases in the police use of powers to issue cannabis warnings. In relation to gun crime, serious injuries caused by firearms actually fell by 16% over the past year. We already had the toughest firearms legislation anywhere in the world and we were working to make it tougher.

Asked for a breakdown of knife crime figures, the PMS said that he did not have that information to hand and it was best to check with the Home Office.

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