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Good Society > Published by Shamik Das, April 21st 2010 at 3:51 pm

New evidence violent crime is down

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Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling – slapped down by David Cameron this week for his homophobic remarks on gay couples staying in B&Bs (for which he only regrets “causing confusion”) – today stands accused of once again misleading the public over violent crime statistics.

During yesterday’s Daily Politics Home Secretary’s Debate Grayling again insisted violent crime was up, ignoring the findings of the British Crime Survey, as yet another report, out today, shows violent crime is down.


The “Violence in England and Wales 2009: an Accident and Emergency Perspective” report reveals all three measures of violence – the British Crime Survey, police recorded crime and accident and emergency figures – show a clear downward trend.

Last month Grayling claimed violent crime had risen 44 per cent – yet he has repeatedly failed to provide evidence of this, nor release full details of a study he commissioned.

As well as exposing Grayling’s deceit, the A&E figures condradict Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman Chris Huhne’s statement in yesterday’s debate that “A&E data paints a different figure” to the BCS.

 

The graph below shows that, with the exception of one year’s A&E data and one year’s BCS data, all three measures show violent crime has decreased year-on-year during the last parliament:

Trends-in-violence-in-England-and-Wales

Grayling has repeatedly failed to accept the findings of the British Crime Survey, which shows violent crime down 41 per cent since 1997, and all crime down by more than a third. In February, the Conservative Party was strongly criticised by the chair of the UK Statistics Authority for distributing leaflets claiming there had been a “98 per cent increase in serious violent crime”.

  • http://twitter.com/mediaactivist/status/12580937721 Jay Baker

    RT @leftfootfwd: New evidence violent crime is down: http://bit.ly/9yQ35e

  • http://twitter.com/goodoldmj/status/12582862288 Martin Johnston

    RT @leftfootfwd: Grayling wrong againNew stats show violent crime down-even on his preferred measure http://bit.ly/9yQ35e (via @leftfootfwd)

  • http://twitter.com/sbond91/status/12583432299 Stephen Bond

    RT @leftfootfwd Grayling wrong again! New stats show violent crime down – even on his preferred measure http://bit.ly/9yQ35e

  • http://twitter.com/switchday/status/12583675840 Pranev Sharma

    RT @leftfootfwd: Grayling wrong again! New stats show violent crime down – even on his preferred measure http://bit.ly/9yQ35e (via @leftfootfwd)

  • http://twitter.com/phelim/status/12584197352 Phelim Brady

    RT @leftfootfwd: Grayling wrong again! New stats show violent crime down – even on his preferred measure http://bit.ly/9yQ35e (via @left …

  • http://twitter.com/angusprune/status/12584670474 James Heaver

    Britains not broken. Violent crime down despite what the tories tell you http://bit.ly/9yQ35e

  • http://twitter.com/maximmanchester/status/12585232654 Max

    RT @leftfootfwd: Grayling wrong again! New stats show violent crime down – even on his preferred measure http://bit.ly/9yQ35e (via @leftfootfwd)

  • http://twitter.com/andy_s_64/status/12582723981 Andy Sutherland

    Grayling wrong again! New stats show violent crime down – even on his preferred measure http://bit.ly/9yQ35e /via @leftfootfwd #toryfail

  • http://twitter.com/maryxmaguire/status/12582736690 Mary Maguire

    RT @leftfootfwd: Grayling wrong again! New stats show violent crime down – even on his preferred measure http://bit.ly/9yQ35e (via @leftfootfwd)

  • http://twitter.com/wdjstraw/status/12582739982 Will Straw

    Grayling wrong again! New stats show violent crime down – even on his preferred measure http://bit.ly/9yQ35e (via @leftfootfwd)

  • http://twitter.com/andy_coates/status/12586306263 Andy Coates

    RT @wdjstraw Grayling wrong again! New stats show violent crime down – even on his preferred measure http://bit.ly/9yQ35e (via @leftfootfwd)

  • http://twitter.com/saferwales/status/12583313151 Safer Wales

    RT @wdjstraw: Grayling wrong again! New stats show violent crime down – even on his preferred measure http://bit.ly/9yQ35e (via @leftfootfwd)

  • http://twitter.com/saferwales/status/12583397701 Safer Wales
  • topsy_top20k_en

    New evidence violent crime is down: http://bit.ly/9yQ35e

  • http://twitter.com/bencooper86/status/12585193344 Ben Cooper

    RT @leftfootfwd: Grayling wrong again! New stats show violent crime down – even on his preferred measure http://bit.ly/9yQ35e < ha!

  • joefd

    Sounds like cuddly Huhne was also scaremongering.

  • http://bestblogs.labourhome.org/2010/04/21/new-evidence-violent-crime-is-down/ New evidence violent crime is down « The best Labour blogs

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  • http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/04/grayling-fails-to-welcome-fall-in-violent-crime/ Grayling fails to welcome fall in violent crime | Left Foot Forward

    [...] that Britain is a “more dangerous country” than before. On Wednesday, Left Foot Forward showed that a third indicator of violent crime, accident and emergency admissions, also fell between 2008 [...]

  • http://twitter.com/jo_cox1/status/12932429545 Jo Cox

    RT @wdjstraw: For any doubt that violent crime is falling – including on Grayling's preferred measure – read this http://bit.ly/9ULbev

  • http://twitter.com/jamesasser/status/12932811145 James Asser

    RT @wdjstraw: For any doubt that violent crime is falling – including on Grayling's preferred measure – read this http://bit.ly/9ULbev

  • http://twitter.com/jon2aylor/status/12933044678 Jonathan Taylor

    RT @wdjstraw: For any doubt that violent crime is falling – including on Grayling's preferred measure – read this http://bit.ly/9ULbev

  • http://twitter.com/centrepartin/status/12933205938 Martin Parks

    RT @wdjstraw: For any doubt that violent crime is falling – including on Grayling's preferred measure – read this http://bit.ly/9ULbev

  • http://twitter.com/redroseshibs/status/12933449073 Shibley Rahman

    RT @wdjstraw For any doubt that violent crime is falling – including on Grayling's preferred measure – read this http://bit.ly/9ULbev

  • http://twitter.com/wdjstraw/status/12932339757 Will Straw

    For any doubt that violent crime is falling – including on Grayling's preferred measure – read this http://bit.ly/9ULbev

  • http://twitter.com/andy_s_64/status/12934111935 Andy Sutherland

    RT @wdjstraw: For any doubt that violent crime is falling – including on Grayling's preferred measure – read this http://bit.ly/9ULbev

  • http://twitter.com/hannahmcfaull/status/12933378352 Hannah McFaull

    RT @wdjstraw: For any doubt that violent crime is falling – including on Grayling's preferred measure – read this http://bit.ly/9ULbev

  • http://twitter.com/deludeddonny/status/12935806980 Donovan Clarkson

    RT @wdjstraw: For any doubt that violent crime is falling – including on Grayling's preferred measure – read this http://bit.ly/9ULbev

  • http://twitter.com/nawtynetworx/status/12936030704 NawtyNetworX

    RT @wdjstraw: For any doubt that violent crime is falling – including on Grayling's preferred measure – read this http://bit.ly/9ULbev