Horsebox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Local 1, although an interesting claim (do you > have a link to back it up), you are in fact > referring to clear up rates, which are a very > different thing to what is published on the Met > site i.e. offences. > > (I've been trying to edit my post for ages but > have been unable to connect to the site) No internet link I am afraid. I guess you will have to take it or leave it. Anyone who knows someone or has served time in a british jail would know this to be true. Wether they will tell us,,,I dont know? Anyone? And yes its solved rather than commited crimes, but both bounce of each other. The crime statistics, if you believe them, could not be further from truth. The two so-called most authoritative measures of crime in England and Wales, the British Crime Survey (BCS) and crimes reported by the Police Service, publish vastly different totals for the number of crimes committed. In the 12 months ending March 2007, the BCS estimated 11.3 million crimes against adults in England and Wales compared to 5.4 million crimes reported by the police over the same period. The main reason for this apparent discrepancy is attributed to the fact that victims of crime felt it pointless to report the great majority - nearly 6 in 10 - crimes to the police, an indictment in itself. On another note all crimes recorded and measured so , are only against adults.