UK crime went up 13% in 2017 with sex offences, knife and gun crime among the biggest risers
Daily Mail: Fewer than one in 20 street robberies and burglaries are being solved by police, new figures reveal
* Four per cent of robberies and three per cent of burglaries solved in 2017
* Figures show Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire has lowest rate of solved crime
* Meanwhile the most crimes, 26 per cent, were solved in Uttlesford in Essex
* Only nine per cent of suspects in all crimes are being caught and punished
Less than one in 20 street robberies and burglaries are being solved in the UK, shocking new figures have revealed.
Official police data shows that just four per cent of robberies and three per cent of burglaries were solved in England and Wales in 2017.
The figures will fuel concerns that there is a crisis in the nation's policing, with one MP describing London as 'the Wild West'.
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WNU Editor: I live in Montreal .... if you experience a property crime here (i.e. someone slashes your car tires or breaks into your home) .... the police will not show up, you will have to go to the police station to report the crime and get the necessary paper-work to claim your insurance. I have been fortunate .... my home is like Fort-Knox .... my neighbors .... not so lucky. And yes .... we are also experiencing a crime wave in this city. On the other side of the planet .... in my other home in Moscow .... at least in my area crime is non-existent. Reason .... heavy police presence, and when you commit the crime and you are caught .... you will do the time.
