Most Crimes Left Unsolved, New Figures Show

Half of crimes reported to police are left unsolved - including nearly three quarters of cases of theft, criminal damage and arson - new data shows.

According to data from 28 police forces in England and Wales, not including the Metropolitan Police, 52% of crimes from April until May of this year were classed as "investigation complete, no suspect identified".

The category applies when the case is closed unless new evidence is found, with no one prosecuted.

That happened in 73% of criminal damage and arson cases, 72% of theft and 56% of robbery, according to Home Office figures.

Figures released from the Office for National Statistics at the same time, revealed the level of recorded crime had fallen to a 34-year low.

The figures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales estimated there were 7.3 million crimes in the year 2013/14, 14% fewer than during the previous year and the lowest since 1981.

Police officials were criticised over the way they worked the numbers out

According to the survey, there were 1.3 million violent incidents, down 20% on the year before.

In contrast to the optimism of the survey, police figures were the same as last year, with 3.7 million offences recorded in the 12 months to March.

While the number of recorded murders was down by 21 at 537 - the lowest figure since 1978, there was a general rise in serious crimes, with crimes of violence rising 6% by around 33,000 offences.

Deaths by dangerous driving also saw an increase to 282, up from 174 the previous year.

There was a rise in recorded rape crimes, up 27 and hitting its highest level for 11 years. Other types of sex crime were up 17%.

Mark Bangs, from the Office for National Statistics, said: "Part of the rise in sexual offences is related to the effect of the Operation Yewtree investigation, which has brought to light a large number of historic sexual offences.

"The increase is also likely to reflect a broader Yewtree effect whereby more victims are coming forward to report sexual offences to the police."

Prior to this year, police figures showed year-on-year falls since 2002/3.

The difference in figures comes after police were criticised for the way they recorded crimes and an official "gold standard" was removed.

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