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How Accurate are Official Crime Statistics? Bex Lycett Official crime statistics are statistics released by the home office each year to show the amount of crime that has been committed. They are gathered from records kept as each individual police force in England and Wales and are widely accepted as a true and accurate measure of crime, however there are reasons why some people do not accept that this is the case. Apart from recording how many crimes have been committed in a year, crime statistics have other uses too; they are used to track patterns and rising/falling levels of crime over a number of years, and can highlight trends etc. Also they can be used to help with crime prevention measures, if for example there was an increase in street muggings, more police money and time would be dedicated to helping patrol the streets. Furthermore the statistics can show areas of high...

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