Andrew Coster: Police Commissioner says it's clear reported crime has increased, but it's not a simple picture
Our Police Commissioner says it's difficult to quantify whether total crime's gone up.
The number of assaults on police staff has jumped from 631 in 2021 to more than 1000 last year.
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says what's clear is that reported crime has gone up - but it's more than that.
"Proportional to that is an increase in actual crime, and a proportion of that is changes in the reporting of some types. It's not a simple picture."
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