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The latest figures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) for the year ending June 2023 showed that total crime decreased by 10% (to an estimated 8.4 million offences) compared with the year ending June 2022, mainly caused by decreases in fraud and criminal damage offences
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If you’re charged with a crime you’ll be given a ‘charge sheet’. This sets out the details of the crime you’re being charged with.
What happens when you arrive at the police station?
As you navigate through your teenage years and inch closer to adulthood, it’s important to understand the various legal rights and responsibilities that come with different ages in the UK. Knowing your rights is empowering, and being aware of the laws will help you make informed choices. So, let’s dive into the world of age and the law!
By Andrew Learmonth
Observer investigation finds system is in ‘worst state ever’ as senior figures warn of inmates ‘being warehoused’.
By Michael Savage
The proportion of crimes that resulted in a charge or summons was 5.7 per cent.
By Dominic McGrath
Performing jury service is an important civic duty, but it can interfere with work and daily life. A set of rules outlines the required behaviour during jury service, when jury service can be deferred or avoided, and what people will be paid by their employers or the courts whilst doing jury service.
More than a third of recorded executions were for drugs offences, a clear breach of international law
Iran carried out a colossal 576 executions and Saudi Arabia 196, its highest number in 30 years, while China, where death penalty data is kept secret, is thought to have executed thousands
At least 28,282 people were under sentence of death at the end of 2022
A further two in five say crime in their local area has increased over the last few years.
By Tanya Abraham
An article from The Conversation.
By Ella Rabaiotti, Lecturer in Criminology, Swansea University
In this article, we will discuss which courts supersede which and what all the different courts address. Here are the UK Courts explained.
By Michael Coyle
Soaring numbers of crimes are being committed by children under 10, new data has shown.
By Kirsten Robertson
With some of the worst violent crime rates in the country, John Johnston reports on efforts to clean up Cleveland.
At 10 years of age, we have one of the lowest ages of criminal responsibility in the world and the lowest in Europe. Despite repeated calls from the international children’s rights community and a large number of organisations working with children and young people here in Northern Ireland to raise the age, no progress has been made.
What was claimed
Crime rates in England and Wales are at a record high.
Our verdict
This claim is missing context. While the number of crimes recorded by the police has risen, this is not the best data to understand overall trends. Overall crime as measured by the Crime Survey for England and Wales is actually falling.
By Cara Fielder
By Isabelle Kirk
By Isabelle Kirk
