Nearly 1 million crimes have been ‘screened out’ by police and never passed onto an officer for further investigation, Channel 4’s Dispatches has revealed. The figures have surfaced following a freedom of information request by the TV programme which asked 43 police forces in England and Wales to disclose cases…
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Criminal gangs blamed for burglary increase
Organised criminal gangs are fuelling the increase in burglary it has been revealed, with offences almost doubling last year in some of the worst hit areas of the UK. Police have seen evidence that menacing gangs of thieves are spending weeks ransacking an area, before moving onto a new location.…
Bungling police blamed for crime increase
Incompetent police officers have been blamed for crime increase as levels hit an all-time high, with Christmas crime rising by 20% in the last three years. Shocking new figures reveal that burglaries, thefts and robberies during the festive period have seen a drastic increase since 2014, with startling statistics also…