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| Crime rate figures show 8% fall | |
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| Crime in England and Wales fell 8% in the third quarter of 2009 compared with the year before, the Home Office says. | Crime in England and Wales fell 8% in the third quarter of 2009 compared with the year before, the Home Office says. |
| The latest figures on recorded offences show there was an 8% drop in burglaries. | |
| Car crime fell by a fifth and the number of robberies, showed a reduction of 9%. | Car crime fell by a fifth and the number of robberies, showed a reduction of 9%. |
| Ministers say the British Crime Survey's separate study reveals that the risk of being a victim of crime has reached its lowest recorded level. | |
| According to the quarterly crime figures covering July to September 2009, there were falls in all categories of recorded crime over the period, with the exception of sexual offences, which rose 5%. | |
| Home Office experts say they do not know why sexual offences rose but police chiefs have been encouraging to get more women to come forward to report complaints. | |
| Broader picture | |
| The figures also show a drop in the number of robberies involving knives or blades - down 16% on the same period in 2008. | |
| While police reported a significant drop in recorded crime, the British Crime Survey says that overall levels of crime remained stable. | |
| The BCS is a nationwide survey of people's experiences of crime, rather than just incidents reported to the police. Experts use both measures to try and get a broader picture of criminality. | |
| The BCS found that the risk of being a victim of crime fell to 22% - one percentage point less than the previous historic low. |