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Dear Colleagues
Home Office Crime Statistics: January 2009
Please see the attached press release from Bob Jones in respect of the quarterly crime statistics for
October. Also attached is the APA briefing giving a more detailed breakdown of figures for the quarter, along with a supplementary report covering Homicides, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence for 2007/08. Some notable figures which will have been reported in the press, has been a 4% increase in Domestic Burglary, and the 18% rise in the use of Knives or other Sharp objectives in robberies. A reduction in Gun Crime by 29% is another area of interest for authorities.
As colleagues may recall the crime statistics for October 08 include an increase of 22% in the Most Serious Violence. This is as a result of a change in how the new offence category of GBH without intent, and clarification of how GBH with intent is to be counted from April 2008 by the Home Office. As a result, the Home Office with support from the APA and ACPO, have commissioned HMIC to quality assure the process and collection of data relating to these categories.
Any
queries should be directed to
Regards
APA Secretariat
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