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>Crime in UK has only gone up
Actually crime rate has kept under the 1981 record low from 2007/08 onwards according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).
>Bu-but /k/ told me crime peaked after gun control laws
Police recorded crime increased during most of the 1980s, reaching a peak in 1992, and then fell each year until 1998/99 when the expanded coverage and changes in the Home Office Counting Rules resulted in an increase in recorded offences. This was followed by the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in April 2002 which led to a further rise in recording in 2002/03 and 2003/04.
>Bu-but /k/ told me crime is only recorded after conviction
For police recorded crime, the victim-focused approach is enshrined in the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS). The NCRS states that all incidents reported by a victim to the police should be recorded, if the events described amount to a crime in law and unless there is credible evidence to the contrary. This approach is in contrast to evidential approaches that only count those incidents where criminality has been proven or which result in action being taken against an offender.
>Bu-but /k/ told me police under-report crimes
If you don't trust police then you can use the CSEW as an alternative. Since it began, the CSEW has been conducted by an independent survey research organisation using trained interviewers to collect data from sampled respondents. The interviewers have no vested interest in the results of the survey. For the crime types and population groups it covers, the CSEW has a consistent methodology and is unaffected by changes in levels of reporting to the police, recording practice or police activity.
Actually crime rate has kept under the 1981 record low from 2007/08 onwards according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).
>Bu-but /k/ told me crime peaked after gun control laws
Police recorded crime increased during most of the 1980s, reaching a peak in 1992, and then fell each year until 1998/99 when the expanded coverage and changes in the Home Office Counting Rules resulted in an increase in recorded offences. This was followed by the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in April 2002 which led to a further rise in recording in 2002/03 and 2003/04.
>Bu-but /k/ told me crime is only recorded after conviction
For police recorded crime, the victim-focused approach is enshrined in the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS). The NCRS states that all incidents reported by a victim to the police should be recorded, if the events described amount to a crime in law and unless there is credible evidence to the contrary. This approach is in contrast to evidential approaches that only count those incidents where criminality has been proven or which result in action being taken against an offender.
>Bu-but /k/ told me police under-report crimes
If you don't trust police then you can use the CSEW as an alternative. Since it began, the CSEW has been conducted by an independent survey research organisation using trained interviewers to collect data from sampled respondents. The interviewers have no vested interest in the results of the survey. For the crime types and population groups it covers, the CSEW has a consistent methodology and is unaffected by changes in levels of reporting to the police, recording practice or police activity.
