Crime falls by 14% in Hull, 10% in East Riding, official figures show
The recorded crime rate has fallen by 14 per cent in Hull, according to the latest Home Office statistics.
Overall crime also fell in the East Riding, by 10 per cent in the 12 months to June this year.
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Police on patrol in Hull city centre.
The latest findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales show violent offences across the Humberside Police force area were down by nine per cent compared to the same period in the previous year.
Sex offences were down by 10 per cent, robbery by eight per cent, burglary by 14 per cent, vehicle crime by 20 per cent and criminal damage by 17 per cent.
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Drug offences were up by two per cent, while incidents of fraud and forgery rose by six per cent.
The figures mean Humberside ranks fourth out of all forces in terms of reducing crime.
Humberside Police welcomed the findings and claimed people were becoming more confident in the service it delivers.
The survey, published by the Office for National Statistics, shows 58 per cent of people in the Humberside area agree that the police deal with local concerns, up from 56 per cent in the last period.
David Griffin, the Deputy Chief Constable, said: “Crime continues to fall and people living and working in this area should feel safer because of that.
“These reductions in overall reported crime rates have come at a time when we, and all police forces in England and Wales, are facing increasingly tight budgets and have had to make big decisions on how we are best able to deliver a service to the community whilst still reducing spending.
“The officers and staff working for Humberside Police deserve credit for achieving these positive results despite the uncertainties they face, along with the strength of partnership working with communities, local authorities and other public services and I am confident we will continue to perform in such a way that local people receive the service they deserve.”
Crime fell across England and Wales by an average of six per cent.
Responding to the national drop, Javed Khan, chief executive of Victim Support, said: "Crime has been falling for 20 years now.
"We welcome this of course, but we know from the thousands of victims we've helped in the last month alone that crime is a real problem for a lot of people.
"A fall in crime isn't grounds for complacency. Many victims still need help to cope and recover after a crime has taken place."
Earlier this week, the Home Office expanded its crime mapping website, www.police.uk.
It means residents can now compare crime levels in their neighbourhood with other areas and see how recorded rates of crime and anti-social behaviour have changed over the past three years.
According to these statistics, shown below, when compared to what the website describes as "similar areas", including Plymouth, Bradford and Middlesbrough, the crime rate in Hull was above average.
The East Riding was slightly below average in its comparison group.
The site also shows Hull has the highest crime rate in the Humberside Police area, with 104.59 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2012. The East Riding recorded a rate of 48.29.
But the site, which has been revamped in the run-up to next month's police commissioner elections, confirms crime has fallen across East Yorkshire in the past three years.
Comments
by Mildred
Saturday, October 20 2012, 9:35PM
“To be fair to the plod, bigsteve... that would have been the 'fault' of the CPS and the courts. All the Police do is arrest people... and having spoken to them a few times they're often nearly as gutted as the victims when sweet knack all happens to the scummy-bag.
What we need is MORE Police and what they need is LESS red tape and MORE powers to actually deal with the ******s.”
by cantstandu
Friday, October 19 2012, 8:37PM
“People dont report it anymore when there is no point to a phone call when the police dont turn up. 100% not 14 % true”
by bigsteve
Friday, October 19 2012, 8:28PM
“I dont bother reporting stuff now, the police rarely did anything and when they did it just brought me more trouble. they did get a lad last year for putting my window through, he made a full confesion and when it came to court for the pleas 5 months latter he pleaded not guilty. they didnt bother taking it further because it wasnt considered in the public intrest.
this idiot was a reguler catch for the police and as a result of the build up of stress from months of abuse from this **** and his mates, the window going through and abuse that night resulted in my heart stopping.”
by Mildred
Friday, October 19 2012, 8:03PM
“This is probably as a result of massaging statistics rather than an actual drop in crime! A drop in officer numbers and a freeze on recruitment rarely leads to a drop in the number of offences taking place... the crims don't get together and say "Ah well, the Bill hasn't got many rozzers on the beat due to the financial crisis, so let's give them a break lads, and only commit 50% of the usual October rate for burglary..."
However, publishing that there has been such a dramatic drop in crime is not wise in the current climate where forces are desperately short of staff, and the crime that IS happening is not being dealt with as there simply aren't enough men and women on the ground.”
by Kustard2011
Friday, October 19 2012, 11:17AM
“So, If the figures are dropping......... WHAT THE H311 DO WE NEED A POLICE COMMISSIONER FOR ???????”
by Kewstu
Friday, October 19 2012, 8:36AM
“Been the Devil's Advocate here - this is REPORTED/RECORDED crime, it may be dropping because crime is not getting REPORTED to the police due to fear of consquences, did people watch the Exposure programme recorded on the Nunsthorpe in Grimbsby - they are afraid to report ASB and crime.
Also the Police do not RECORD all crimes which take place, don't forget dropping litter is a crime, they don't record that !”
by localad
Friday, October 19 2012, 12:43AM
“Funny how the whingers and anti police brigade are happy to use crime figures to criticise and moan abut the police performance when the figures look bad, but when the figures look much better suddenly the figures are fiddled and don't count.
Scoff_Cruddle, you say Flawed by the fact that many people don't report minor crime now and to my knowledge, most do only to make it official so they can approach their insurance companies.
And what knowledge would that be, drunk in the pub talking **** knowledge??”
by d108tearn
Thursday, October 18 2012, 9:53PM
“looks like the little scallywags are getting better at not being caught!”
by 23041642
Thursday, October 18 2012, 8:29PM
“Crime figures have been manipulated for years and years. I was told this scenario...lets say someone has a pint of milk stolen off their doorstep before they wake up on a morning. Next day police lay in wait and nab the perpetrator, a paper boy who is 'offered' a caution rather than go to court if he confesses to the number of times he's been up to his early morning milk thieving. He admits to doing it over the past six months on most mornings. So that's recorded as 150 separate 'thefts'... guess what... ALL DETECTED! The figures are fed through at the crucial time and the detection rate soars!”
by NeilTheasby
Thursday, October 18 2012, 8:25PM
“The key word here is "recorded". How a police force chooses to record or not to record crimes will of course have a massive impact on the end figures. There is also the underlying reality that politicians influence agendas. History has shown that whenever any country's economic conditions worsen then crime increases so how come this "evidence" of a falling crime rate goes against the grain? It is all very suspicious. By the way I am sure I am not the only ordinary citizen who has reported a genuine crime to the police only to be fobbed off and made to feel as if I shouldn't have phoned them.”