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[quote=JCNILE123,363425]A survey of 24 forces by The Daily Telegraph found that 12 had recorded a jump in murders and two showed no change in their murder figures in the past year. Although the overall number of murders was up fractionally, six forces saw increases of 50 per cent or more, while the murder rate in North Yorkshire and Norfolk doubled - although they were relatively low. Metropolitan Police reported the most incidents, with 167 murders in 2007/8, up from 158. There were other big rises in Lancashire, where murders went up by five to 48 and in Avon and Somerset where the number of homicides jumped from 11 to 16. Overall, the number of murders for the 24 forces surveyed increased from 459 to 461. Separate figures obtained by the Tories' shadow police reform minister David Ruffley showed that there had been a 21 per cent increase in the numbers of homicides in the past decade, from 609 in 1997 to 734 in 2006/07. Over the same period, the numbers of male victims rose by 40 per cent, from 395 in 1997 to 547 in 2006/07. There was also a 29 per cent increase in the numbers killed by sharp instruments, such as knives, from 200 in 1997 to 258 in 2006/07. Mr Ruffley said: "This makes a mockery of repeated Government promises that violent crime is lower than 10 years ago. "The Government's claims that violent crime is down just do not measure up with the everyday experience of people in Britain today." The Daily Telegraph also collected statistics for incidents of violence against the person from 26 forces and found that one in five forces had reported an increase. Overall, the forces reported 568,000 violent attacks, down six per cent from 607,000 in the year before. Five forces recorded an increase in numbers of violent crime, with the biggest in Northamptonshire where police recorded a five per cent increase in assaults to 10,610 incidents. Just three of the 26 forces recorded separate figures for knife crime and the only force to record an increase in knife crime was Thames Valley, which logged 240 incidents, up from 236. Elsewhere the Metropolitan Police recorded 10,108 incidents, down from 11,717 and Humberside Police recorded 642 incidents, down from 783. Gun crime was also down in all three. [/quote]
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