Crime statistics still not fit for purpose
Posted on Saturday, October 28th, 2006 by Home Office WatchCategory: Crime
The official crime statistics issued by the Home Office, both the number of crimes recorded by the Police, and the British Crime Survey, are still fundamentally “not fit for purpose”.
A report shows that the Home Office still cannot be trusted with them, and says that the BCS should be run by the Office for National Statistics instead.
The Statistics Commission reported that “If we consider the different purposes that the public have for crime [statistics] then they are generally not fit for purpose.
The Commission said that neither survey data nor police-recorded crime are well understood by the public.
Source: statscom.org.uk (PDF)
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