McNulty explained today how changes have been made in recording crime. Thus the term ‘violent crime’ is no longer used; instead figures for the ‘violence against a person’ offence have been developed.
Does the common use of guns, knives even in violence come under the 'violent against the person offence'?
Are the so called ‘violence against a person’ offences a vague, rounded off definition which you have difficulty understanding… just more political jargon to add to the list?
Reworked crime statistics, to adhere to this new type of offence, show that 'violent against the person’ offences recorded by the police in Harrow, dropped between 2005/6 (3,028 offences) and 2006/7 (2,870 offences).
As a Harrow boy, a Harrow girl, or just a Harrow inhabitant, did you feel safer, less likely to be battered, smacked or violently attacked than you did in 2006?
I didn't think so.
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you have a spelling mistake in your headline
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