![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/theft-arrests-drop-40-in-six-years-in-embarrassment-for-suella-braverman/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_British-Policeman-in-Traditional-Helmet-Click-below-for-more.jpg&description=Figures released by the Home Office revealed 88,684 suspects were arrested by police on suspicion of stealing last year, compared to 141,207 in 2017/18 Arrests for theft, fraud and criminal damage have plummeted in the past six years - with theft figures down by a staggering 40% - new data shows. Stats released by the Home Office revealed 88,684 suspects were arrested by police on suspicion of stealing last year, compared to 141,207 in 2017/18. The figures were dubbed a "disgrace and a shameful embarrassment for Suella Braverman " by Labour. Fraud arrests dropped from almost 9,500 to below 5,000 in the same period, while 7,000 fewer criminal damage and arson suspects were collared last year than six years earlier. Yvette Cooper, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, said: "These bombshell statistics are a disgrace and a shameful embarrassment for Suella Braverman, on the day of her Washington speech." The figures were released on the day Home Secretary Ms Braverman gave a speech to a US think-tank in Washington DC demanding UN rules protecting refugees are ripped up. The Home Office data also shows a massive fall in overall arrests, with 677,261 recorded by police forces in England and Wales. This is down from over 1.3 million in the year the Tories came to power. Ms Cooper continued: "The number of arrests for theft has dropped by a shocking 40 per cent in five years - meaning 50,000 fewer thieves are arrested each year. "Arrests have halved on the Conservatives' watch since 2010, which means more criminals are getting off and more victims are being let down. It's no good the Home Secretary grandstanding abroad, when she is failing so disastrously on law and order back at home." The data did, however, show that the number of people taken into custody on suspicion of violence against the person, possession of weapons and sex offences had gone up. The Mirror has contacted Tory HQ and the Home Office for comment. * Follow Mirror Politics on Snapchat, Tiktok, Twitter and Fac){kind=link}
Figures released by the Home Office revealed 88,684 suspects were arrested by police on suspicion of stealing last year, compared to 141,207 in 2017/18
Arrests for theft, fraud and criminal damage have plummeted in the past six years – with theft figures down by a staggering 40% – new data shows.
Stats released by the Home Office revealed 88,684 suspects were arrested by police on suspicion of stealing last year, compared to 141,207 in 2017/18. The figures were dubbed a “disgrace and a shameful embarrassment for Suella Braverman ” by Labour.
Fraud arrests dropped from almost 9,500 to below 5,000 in the same period, while 7,000 fewer criminal damage and arson suspects were collared last year than six years earlier. Yvette Cooper, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, said: “These bombshell statistics are a disgrace and a shameful embarrassment for Suella Braverman, on the day of her Washington speech.”
The figures were released on the day Home Secretary Ms Braverman gave a speech to a US think-tank in Washington DC demanding UN rules protecting refugees are ripped up. The Home Office data also shows a massive fall in overall arrests, with 677,261 recorded by police forces in England and Wales.