Crime
When Facts Are Sensitive: Balancing Security and Transparency
Guest comment piece from the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, Sir Brian Leveson Read
Comment
Crime
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.
Science & Technology
One year on, has the Government learned the lessons from the Southport Riots?
One year after the widespread disorder of summer 2024, what more authorities and platforms can do to prevent violence driven by unchecked misinformation? Read
Comment
Crime
What the UK riots taught us about social media failure
Comment piece for the 2025 Full Fact Report by By Zoe Manzi and Hannah Rose, Hate and Extremism Analysts at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Read
Comment
Immigration
Are ‘Channel migrants’ 24 times more likely to go to prison than British citizens?
The Conservatives haven’t fully explained the calculations behind this claim, but based on the details reported it is not reliable. Read
Fact checks
Crime
An image of policemen kneeling in front of a group of Muslims is probably AI
We fact checked this image when it was being shared last year. If you look at it closely, it’s clearly fake. Read
Fact checks
Politics
Is the government meeting its key pledges on crime?
Full Fact takes a look at whether the government is meeting its key pledges on crime Read
Analysis
Politics
Is Peter Sullivan the victim of the ‘longest-running’ miscarriage of justice in UK history?
Following this week’s exoneration of Peter Sullivan, who spent almost 38 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, many newspapers and media outlets said the case was … Read
Analysis
BBC radio bulletins massively overstate Britain’s cocaine consumption
News bulletins on Radio 2, Radio 3 and 6 Music claimed Britain consumes “117 million tonnes” each year—which is roughly a million times what National Crime Agency estimates suggest. Read
Fact checks
Was Netflix’s Adolescence based on a true story?
Some, including Kemi Badenoch, have suggested the series was based on a real-life crime committed by a boy who wasn’t white—but the show’s co-creators say it wasn’t based on any single case. Read
Analysis
Warnings of a knife-wielding teenage killer on the loose are hoaxes
The images date back to 2018 and the man pictured was convicted of a different offence to those claimed. Read
Fact checks
