Police crime figures don't reflect full extent of crime in britain
- police records only report crimes known to the police. Not all crime is reported
- police don't record all crime that's reported to them
- not all offences count as crimes to be recorded by the police
- official rules and definitions change
- 1998 new guidelines allowed police to record more incidents as crime, led to 15% increase in crime rates
- official records show crime increased by two thirds between 1981 and 1995, with a very sharp peak between 1989 and 1992
- Highest number of crimes recorded by police was 6 million in 2003/4
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