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Cops drop investigations into 5,592 crimes every day, with one case a minute abandoned before suspect is ever found
Daily Mail ^ | December 25, 2025 | David Barrett

Posted on 12/26/2025 7:27:48 AM PST by Angelino97

Police abandon investigations into almost four crimes every minute.

There were 2,040,976 offences reported in England and Wales in the year to June where no suspect was identified – equivalent to 5,592 every single day, or 3.8 per minute.

Out of the 5.3 million crimes logged by police in England and Wales in the year, 38.6 per cent were closed as 'investigation complete – no suspect identified'.

The figures showed only 3 per cent of rapes reported to police led to a suspect being charged.

The respective number for 'violence against the person' was 6.3 per cent, robbery 8.1 per cent and theft 7.6 per cent, including just 4.8 per cent of house burglaries.

A further 679,802 cases where victims still wanted to seek justice were abandoned due to 'evidential difficulties'. Investigations into another 1.3million crimes ended in cases where the victims no longer supported police inquiries.

Only 402,692 reported crimes led to a suspect receiving a charge or a court summons – 7.6 per cent of the total.

The proportion charged was up from 6.7 per cent in the previous 12 months but is still far below the 15 per cent from a decade ago.

The charge rate has risen slowly from a low of 5.4 per cent in 2022 despite the previous Conservative government's massive investment in police recruitment. In March 2024, the number of full-time equivalent police officers hit a record 147,745, but the total has since fallen by more than 1,300.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to outline plans to shake-up police forces in a bid to improve performance...

She has also warned top officers that members of the public who make 'perfectly legal' remarks online should not be investigated, amid widespread concern that politically motivated complaints are eroding free speech.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britain; crime; dissent; donutwatch; europe; freespeech; police; tdsbelow
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British police too busy investigation hate speech incidents to focus on mere rapes and robberies.
1 posted on 12/26/2025 7:27:48 AM PST by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

It is a lot safer to spend your time knocking on the doors of people who have “offensive” ideas that people who make their way in life using force and coercion.


2 posted on 12/26/2025 7:36:35 AM PST by The Free Engineer
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To: Angelino97

I wonder how long before a few people start handling the problem on their own. Maybe they are too far gone.


3 posted on 12/26/2025 7:58:20 AM PST by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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I wonder how long before a few people start handling the problem on their own. Maybe they are too far gone.

WW I and WW II were tremendous bloodlettings of British manhood. A complete replacement is going on.

4 posted on 12/26/2025 8:40:12 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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To: Angelino97

Donut sales are skyrocketing.


5 posted on 12/26/2025 8:51:00 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (MAGAism is the greatest CURE for DemonRAT Demockrazy. )
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To: Angelino97

Plus, London’s mayor and the PM have said that r*pes by the imported savages are just cutting up by oppressed. So, why bother?


6 posted on 12/26/2025 9:15:34 AM PST by bobbo666
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British police too busy investigation hate speech incidents to focus on mere rapes and robberies.

Unfortunately, the lax policing existed before the stupid hate speech investigations.

7 posted on 12/26/2025 10:11:34 AM PST by tlozo (“We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” Trump)
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To: Angelino97

On this side of the pond, when I saw this post by SPOX Karoline Leavitt re ‘crime drop’

https://x.com/PressSec/status/2003822384860856800

I had to LOL:

No one has ever confirmed that lefty jurisdictions - let alone patel’s fibby - are properly reporting crimes even today.

Thus, Leavitt is touting fake crime stats to boost POTUS’ image based upon the left’s fudging of the numbers.

That’s GOT to have some of them raging.

Can’t wait to see what they do with crime in the runup to midterms...


8 posted on 12/26/2025 10:16:30 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: logi_cal869

I’ll give you one thing: you are relentless.

(just hope you are paying Johnrob for the privilege)


9 posted on 12/26/2025 11:13:31 AM PST by citizen (A transgender malel competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: logi_cal869

And Chrisrob.....all of ‘em.


10 posted on 12/26/2025 11:16:53 AM PST by citizen (A transgender malel competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: Angelino97

Investigations are a “whites only” thing.


11 posted on 12/26/2025 11:27:17 AM PST by Albion Wilde (To live free is the greatest gift; to die free is the greatest victory. —Erica Kirk)
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To: citizen

Elaborate.


12 posted on 12/26/2025 11:35:10 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: bobbo666

They’re not rapists:

They’re Undocumented boyfriends.


13 posted on 12/26/2025 12:16:37 PM PST by Does so (☞GOP should fund a new party. Call it the "Muslim Party", to track it.....Dem☭¢rat ∅ ™ ½¼)
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To: Angelino97

only 3 per cent of rapes reported to police led to a suspect being charged

Charge rate would go up to 75% if their was mandatory DNA tagging for all “immigrants” or “guests”.


14 posted on 12/26/2025 1:27:52 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Trump has arrived and it is awesome to have a real President.)
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To: Angelino97

When armed carjackings are classified “Theft”...


15 posted on 12/26/2025 1:33:22 PM PST by Does so (☞GOP should fund a new party. Call it the "Muslim Party", to track it.....Dem☭¢rat ∅ ™ ½¼)
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To: citizen
Shoulda been obvious.


16 posted on 12/26/2025 2:48:57 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: logi_cal869

You should change you name to “cyni_cal869”. Or maybe “Farci_cal869”.

CC


17 posted on 12/26/2025 6:22:17 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Maybe I did ;-)


18 posted on 12/26/2025 9:05:29 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: Dutch Boy

“I wonder how long before a few people start handling the problem on their own.”

Most people think that cops, courts, and prisons were invented to protect decent people from evil people.

It’s actually the reverse that’s true.

L


19 posted on 12/26/2025 9:09:05 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: logi_cal869

You got me.

CC


20 posted on 12/26/2025 9:12:45 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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