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Originally Posted by Captain Nemo
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Originally Posted by STEED
Crime under Labour has gone up in fact out of control.  |
If you look at the Home Office's British Crime Survey for all crime it states: - In 2004/05 the total number of crimes in England and Wales was around 10,850,000.
- Total crime peaked in 1995, and has since fallen by 44%.
- In 2004/05 nearly 24% of the population were the victim of some type of crime.
- This has fallen from a high in 1995 of nearly 40% of the population.
If I'm not mistaken the Prime Minister in 1995 was John Major who is a Tory. So it would appear your statement above is incorrect. Don't get me wrong here, I think both Party's are crap when it comes to dealing with crime.
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Actually, I beleive this is a drop due to the way the British report crime now. I forget which year, but there were some changes made in the reporting of crime in England near the turn of the century. We just studied it in my Criminal Law class and England was the test subject. I think even the US's FBI refuses to report English crime statistics now because they are so off, but they will report up to like 1999 or so.
-S