Crime Of The Century - A Chilling Look At Crime Statistics In The UK REPORTING CRIME


The BCS asks people who experienced crimes in the past year whether the police came to know about the incident, that is, whether they reported it or the police came to know about it in another way. This ‘reporting rate’ is calculated by dividing the number of BCS incidents that the police came to know about by the total number of BCS incidents. These rates partly explain why the estimated number of BCS crimes is higher than the figure recorded by the police, and also demonstrates that the BCS provides a more complete picture for the crime types it covers.


Based on the 2009/10 BCS, the police came to know about 43 per cent of incidents of BCS comparable crime. Conversely, three-fifths of incidents of comparable crime (57%) did not come to the attention of the police.


Reporting rates for comparable subset of crimes, 2009/10 BCS


The BCS has consistently shown that the likelihood of reporting crime varies considerably by type of offence. The 2009/10 BCS shows that thefts of vehicles are most likely to be reported; the police came to know about these incidents in nine out of ten occurrences (90%).


Incidents of burglary were also well reported; over eight in ten burglaries where something was stolen (84%) and over three-quarters of burglary with entry were reported (78%).


Reporting rates are relatively low for crimes such as assault with minor injury or no injury, vandalism and theft from the person where only about a third of incidents are reported to the police (39%, 35% and 33% respectively).


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