Crime higher than last year, but lower compared to 2012

    Thames Valley Police has today issue crime statistics which cover the past twelve months.

    The latest figures show that there were 138,710 crimes reported across Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire from 1 April 2016 until 31 March 2017. This is a 7.2% increase on the previous year (2015/16) where there were 129,449 reported crimes within the same timeframe.

    Of these, 19,634 crimes were reported in Milton Keynes Local Police Area (LPA), a rise of 5.2% on last year.

    The increase in crime reports is reflected nationally (ONS Crime Survey of England and Wales), and is largely attributed to improvements in compliance with National Crime Recording Standards, following recommendations made by HMIC in 2014.

    Overall crime levels in Thames Valley still remain low compared with five and ten years ago. There were 66,976 fewer crimes recorded in this timeframe compared with five years ago (205,686), and 8,357 fewer recorded offences compared with ten years ago (147,067).

    The HMIC’s latest PEEL assessment rated Thames Valley Police as good across all areas of policing (effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy), and victim satisfaction remains high at 88%, compared with the national average of 84%.

    Following the release of the figures, Superintendent Vince Grey, LPA Commander for Milton Keynes, said: “There was an increase in overall reports of victim-based crime last year across the LPA and this is lower than the force-wide total increase."

    “There was a 6.5% increase in burglaries on the previous year’s figure (36 offences more) but it should be reiterated that that previous year’s burglary total was the lowest on record for Milton Keynes. In 2016/17, the force-wide burglary figure was 13.6% higher than the previous year."

    “The number of personal robberies has decreased by 16.1% from 149 to 125. We have worked hard to act promptly in identifying repeat offenders and arresting and charging, but also in working with partners to ensure any potential hotspot locations are made as safe as possible and are not a target for offenders."

    “There has been an increase of 20.8% (136 from 110) in the trafficking of drugs offence figure. This figure reflects the positive work we have done to disrupt and dismantle organised drug networks, which has been further enforced by the launch of Stronghold, the force-wide multi-agency initiative."

    “We would encourage victims of other types of crimes, such as hate crime, to come forward as we know that some types of crimes are under-reported and I would reassure victims we will robustly investigate these offences."

    “With the help of our partners, we will continue to work to ensure Milton Keynes LPA continues to be a safe place to live, work and visit.”

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