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In a recent survey of head teachers, 27% of secondary heads reported they’d had experience of a pupil carrying a bladed weapon in the last year; 15% said it had happened on two occasions; and a further 8% said it had happened between three and five times. About 40% of all gun and knife enabled crime takes place in London, and particularly in areas of South London.
Crime	Youthwork – November 2006



A third of all crimes are committed by teenagers.
Crime	Sword – November / December 2006



Unpublished Government research shows there were an estimated 4,000 victims of trafficking for prostitution in 2003 at any one time.
Crime	The Sentinel – 13th October 2006



A third of students (33%) who suffered a burglary last year (2005) believe that branded boxes (TV, DVD, Laptop boxes etc) discarded outside their property led to the cause of break-in.
Crime	Cover4students – September 2006



Knife crime has risen sharply in three major areas in the last year.
Crime	The Sentinel – 9th August 2006



More than half a million women and girls are held in prisons globally. England and Wales’ female prisoner population of 4,392 constitutes 5.7% of the total in the two countries. About a third of the worldwide total are in the U.S. (183,000) and a further third in China (71,280), the Russian Federation (55,400) and Thailand (28,450).
Crime	The Sentinel – 7th August 2006



A new report published say’s that youth custody should be abolished for all but violent offenders, drastically slashing the number of young people being locked up by around 4,000.
Crime	Local Government Association – July 2006



Britons have purchased more than £247 of goods from illegal street traders. Staggeringly, more than one-in-three (37%) people who have been illegally approached to buy goods on a British street said they’d put moral considerations aside in pursuit of a bargain.
Crime	Halifax Home Insurance – July 2006



The cost of crime against businesses is increasing new research has shown. Insurance firm Axa said the average insurance claim for a crime related incident in the first three months of the year was more than £4,000, 6% higher than a year ago.
Crime	The Sentinel – 22nd June 2006



Staffordshire remains one of the safest places in the UK to live, yet the public are often fearful of crime and anti-social behaviour in their communities.
Crime	The Informer – June 2006



Mobile phone theft costs the UK £390 million a year, with a phone stolen every 12 seconds. Around 37 million Britons own a mobile phone, but more than two million people have their phone taken every 12 months.
Crime	The Sentinel – 16th May 2006



12.3 million people are victims of forced labour worldwide. An additional 2.4 million people are the victims of modern day slavery – human trafficking. This is the fastest growing form of international crime in the world, generating £3.7 billion annually.
Crime	The Baptist Times – 8th June 2006



England and Wales have the highest per capita prison population in Western Europe – 143 people per 100,000. Scotland, where 135 people out of every 100,000 are in jail, is also above the average. Northern Ireland, however, is among those regions with the lowest rates of imprisonment.
Crime	Evangelical Times – May 2006



Almost two thirds of burglary victims are in their homes while the crime is taking place. The research by Victim Support also found a quarter of people had been burgled more than one in their current home.
Crime	The Sentinel – 20th April 2006



More than three quarters of people are worried about withdrawing their money at cash machines due to the possibility that fraudsters could duplicate their card details.
Crime	The Sentinel – 15th March 2006

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