Geezah
01-26-2006, 10:30 AM
Violent crime recorded by police rose by 4% in the third quarter of last year including an 11% jump in robbery, official figures show.
There were 315,800 violent incidents in the three months to September, compared with 304,300 in the same period in 2004.
The number of robberies recorded by police leapt to 23,500, but total recorded crime fell 1% to 1,376,200 incidents in the period.
In the year to the end of September, gun crime rose 1% to 11,110 incidents, compared with 10,950 in the previous 12 months.
Violence against the person rose 4% overall, although more serious cases including homicide, threats to murder and serious woundings fell by 10%. Offences in a lower category involving crimes such as less serious woundings rose by 10%.
The Home Office's firearms data showed the number of serious injuries from gun crimes rose by 18% to 470, and slight injuries leapt 35% to 3,600 in the year.
However, the number of gun deaths fell 38% to 50 in the 12 months, compared with 80 in the previous year.
Handguns accounted for 4,650 of the firearms offences and the number of imitation firearms rose by 4% to 3,210. Incidents involving "unidentified" firearms also rose 4%, and "other" firearms by 6%.
Criminal use of rifles rose 40% but the number of cases was small - 70, up from 50 the previous year. Use of shotguns fell by 12% to 590.
The Home Office also released figures from the British Crime Survey for the year to the end of September, which suggested overall crime fell 2%, and violent crime fell by 5%.
Link (http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/PA_NEWA15724681138269083A0?source=PA%20Feed&ct=5)
Handguns are banned but yet there is an increase in handguns being used to commit crime, and though ownership of long arms(still legal) is highly restrictive these are rarely used????
There were 315,800 violent incidents in the three months to September, compared with 304,300 in the same period in 2004.
The number of robberies recorded by police leapt to 23,500, but total recorded crime fell 1% to 1,376,200 incidents in the period.
In the year to the end of September, gun crime rose 1% to 11,110 incidents, compared with 10,950 in the previous 12 months.
Violence against the person rose 4% overall, although more serious cases including homicide, threats to murder and serious woundings fell by 10%. Offences in a lower category involving crimes such as less serious woundings rose by 10%.
The Home Office's firearms data showed the number of serious injuries from gun crimes rose by 18% to 470, and slight injuries leapt 35% to 3,600 in the year.
However, the number of gun deaths fell 38% to 50 in the 12 months, compared with 80 in the previous year.
Handguns accounted for 4,650 of the firearms offences and the number of imitation firearms rose by 4% to 3,210. Incidents involving "unidentified" firearms also rose 4%, and "other" firearms by 6%.
Criminal use of rifles rose 40% but the number of cases was small - 70, up from 50 the previous year. Use of shotguns fell by 12% to 590.
The Home Office also released figures from the British Crime Survey for the year to the end of September, which suggested overall crime fell 2%, and violent crime fell by 5%.
Link (http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/PA_NEWA15724681138269083A0?source=PA%20Feed&ct=5)
Handguns are banned but yet there is an increase in handguns being used to commit crime, and though ownership of long arms(still legal) is highly restrictive these are rarely used????