A true crime story: what do the stats tell us?
Crest’s Senior Associate Danny Shaw examines the latest ONS crime statistics.
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- Jul 19
The state of hate: trends in hate crime over the past decade
Crest Analyst Patrick Olajide looks at the trends in hate crime and what could be the factors behind them.
- Jan 27
Making sense of crime: what do the latest figures reveal about trends in offending and detections?
Danny Shaw examines the latest crime figures released by the Office for National Statistics
- May 13, 2021
Lockdown crime and future trends: reasons to be less cheerful?
Our Head of Strategy and Insight, Danny Shaw, shows what the data can tell us about crime forecasts
- Feb 3, 2021
The Covid effect: Danny Shaw examines today's crime stats
The publication of the official crime figures is often a day of confusion with data from the police...
- Jul 17, 2020
What do the latest crime stats tell us about the changing nature of crime?
In a sense, the latest statistics are like looking in the rear view mirror. They do not illustrate the dramatic impact of the lockdown.
- Jan 23, 2020
Recent stats show why the government is right to be worried about crime
If Dominic Cummings is to be believed, the present government is not going to run on the normal rules of conventional politics.
- Oct 23, 2019
Latest crime figures lay bare the opportunity cost of Brexit
For in virtually any year aside from the last three years, last week's figures would be the subject of national soul-searching.
- Apr 26, 2019
5 things recent crime stats tell us about violence
What do the latest crime statistics tell us about what is happening to violence?
- Jul 20, 2018
Have we taken our eye off the ball on drugs?
On the face of it, there is nothing within this week’s crime stats that suggest we should be worrying more about drugs-related offences.
- Apr 26, 2018
Knife crime: why it isn’t only the Metropolitan Police that should be worrying
The bulletins and news headlines over the next 24 hours have already been written, the narrative set: knife crime is continuing to rise.
- Jan 25, 2018
The gathering storm; crime figures show why the criminal justice system is in such trouble
Recorded violence, sexual offences, knife crime and gun crime have all been going up for at least three years.