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Crime Statistics/Mobile Phone crime

Asked if the Prime Minister was disappointed in the crime figures, as they showed a big increase in robbery, the PMOS replied that people should keep things in context. Crime overall was down by 35% since 1997, and today’s figures showed a reduction in recorded violent crime, a 10% reduction of violent offences with injury and a 16% fall in firearms offences. In terms of robbery, the PMOS said that again, robbery had gone down over the past five years by a fifth, but clearly, there was still more work to do. Mobile phones were still involved in over 50% of street robberies and that was why we had published regional action plans as well as working with the mobile phone industry to ensure over 80% of stolen phones were now blocked within 48 hours. John Reid had indicated at Cabinet this morning that we were working with the industry on iPhones to try and make sure that the same action was taken on those as they came in. The PMOS said that as the technology changed, so did the challenges, so we had to be nimble in our response, which we were trying to be.

Asked further about the iPhone, the PMOS explained that it was a combination of an iPod and an iPhone, but asked the lobby not to press him further since that was the limit of his, somewhat limited, technical knowledge!

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