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.
One of the hottest issues in the 2012 London Mayoral Election has been crime. However the Conservative and Labour candidates have continually exchanged contradictory claims about trends in the capital Read
Crime
Following the publication of Ken Livingstone's crime manifesto, critics have attacked his recent claim that murders in London have increased by eight per cent in the past year. Are they justified in their attacks? Read
Tensions reportedly ran high at the LBC radio Mayoral hustings this week. But who got their facts straight when talking about police numbers? Read
London Mayor Boris yesterday caused a stir by calling the head of the UK Statistics Authority a "Labour Stooge".As we said at the time, this slur was both misplaced and … Read
Update: The UK Statistics Authority Chairman has now written to the Home Affairs Select Committee about the Mayor's figures. See the update below this piece.Update 2: Chairman of the Home … Read
Crime
Two MPs made references to knife crime figures yesterday at PMQs. Were their statistics accurate? Full Fact found reason to be cautious. Read
In the wake of a number of high-profile teen stabbings, the Mayor of London faced some tough questions on his crime policy at yesterday's Mayor's Question Time. But does his claim that youth crime in the capital is falling check out? Read
