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


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These offences were added to the series from 1 April 1998. The Sexual Offences Act 2003, introduced in May 2004, altered the definition and coverage of sexual offences.


Prior to 2009/10, a small number of offences continued to be recorded relating to offences repealed by the Sexual Offences Act 2003. While these may have been legitimately recorded for offences committed prior to May 2004 it is also possible that some may have been recorded in these old categories in error, so any changes based on small numbers should be interpreted with caution.


The increase in 2005/06 was accounted for by a large number of offences that were dealt with by the Norfolk


This offence consists solely of the former offence of 'Indecent Exposure' for years prior to 2004/05. This became the offence of 'Exposure' and was included within 'Other miscellaneous sexual offences' from May 2004. Offence classification 88B was split into 88C–E with effect from 2008/9 and at that time offences of exposure went into classification 88E.


Excludes Cumbria, Durham, Nottinghamshire, South Wales and Sussex for 2003/04.


Includes tampering with a motor vehicle. These offences were added to the series from 1 April 2003. Following a change in the implementation of the Fraud Act 2006, offences involving theft from an automatic machine using a plastic card are now regarded as false representation and recorded under classification 53C.


The large increase in this offence in 2005/06 was due to one large-scale fraud recorded by the Cambridgeshire Constabulary and the large rise in 2007/08 was due to a fraud recorded by the North Yorkshire Police. The large increases in 2008/09 were due to large-scale frauds recorded by Gwent Police, Leicestershire Constabulary and the New offences were introduced under the Fraud Act 2006 which came into force on 15 January 2007. Offences under the new classifications 53C to 53J were recorded under these classifications from 1 April 2007. Between 15 January and 31 March 2007 these offences were recorded under classification 53B. For classifications 53A and 53C counting changed from a per fraudulent transaction to a per account basis from 15 January 2007. From 1 April 2007 these offences were reported to a single point of contact within each police force by financial institutions.


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Classification 53C in 2007/08 and 2008/09 includes some offences recorded under code 53A as the offences are very


Offence classification 53B includes cheque and credit card fraud in 1997. Classification 53D in 2007/08 and 2008/09 includes some offences recorded under code 53B as the offences are very This section includes the fraud offences used prior to the commencement of the Fraud Act 2006 on 15 January 2007.


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