It's hard to measure crime, which can make news stories seem more worrying than they really are. We look past the headlines to explain the full picture.
Crime
Ministers are delivering on a vow to get tough on sentencing, according to today's Sun: "Tough justice: lags getting longest sentences in 20 years" It's true that the average sentence … Read
Europe
"Now kettles face EU ban" according to the front page of today's Express. The article itself was more equivocal, saying the EU executive had commissioned a report which "sets out … Read
Crime
Is the recent spate of prisoners going on the run unusual? Read
Crime
What can data from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre tell us about the trends? Read
Crime
Full Fact Live: factchecking in brief from Full Fact and elsewhere. Read
Crime
Full Fact Live: factchecking in brief from Full Fact and elsewhere. Read
Crime
Full Fact Live: factchecking in brief from Full Fact and elsewhere. Read
Crime
Full Fact Live: factchecking in brief from Full Fact and elsewhere. Read
Crime
Full Fact Live: factchecking in brief from Full Fact and elsewhere. Read
Crime
Full Fact Live: factchecking in brief from Full Fact and elsewhere Read
