Local MP Mark Pawsey has welcomed news that crime has fallen once again over the last twelve months. Latest figures from the independent Office for National Statistics show that since 2010 recorded crime in Rugby has fallen by 11 percent.
This trend of falling crime is supported by the independent Crime Survey of England and Wales and a fall in violent crime shown by fewer people going to hospital with injuries from violent incidents.
Commenting, Mark said: "It is great news that crime has fallen locally by 11 percent. Local police officers in Rugby can be rightly proud of their success in cutting crime. The Government has cut police red tape and given them one simple target: cut crime. And that’s what they are doing.
"This means people are safer on the streets, at home, and at work – helping to build better communities in Rugby."
Latest crime figures show crime is falling nationally and locally:
• Crime in England and Wales is down by more than 10 per cent since the general election.
• Violent crime continues to fall, according to figures from NHS hospitals. There was a 12 per cent fall in injuries from violent incidents in 2013, according to data from almost a third of emergency departments examined by Cardiff University. It found 235,000 people were treated following a violent attack in 2013 - 32,800 fewer than in the previous year.
• The Independent Crime Survey shows crime is at lowest level since records began. In the year to the end of December 2013, the independent Crime Survey of England and Wales shows that overall crime fell by 15% - to the lowest level since the survey began in 1981.
• Police recorded crime fell compared with the previous year. Police recorded crime fell by 2% in the year to the end of December 2013, with crime falling in most police forces in England and Wales.
• Crime down across Warwickshire 11%. Recorded crime figures show that crime in Warwickshire has fallen by 11% under this Government.