• The British Crime Survey (BCS) showed that there were 10.9 million crimes committed against adults living in private households in England and Wales, 8.4 million fewer crimes than in 1995. (Figure 9.1)
• Property crime accounted for the majority (73 per cent) of all offences recorded by the police in 2005/06 in England and Wales. (Table 9.2)
• The total value of all card fraud in the UK in 2005 was £439 million, a decrease of 13 per cent compared with 2004. (Page 117)
• The risk of becoming a victim of crime fell from 40 per cent of the population in 1995 to 23 per cent in 2005/06 in England and Wales, the lowest recorded level since the BCS began. (Page 119)
• In 2004, over four in ten juveniles in England and Wales re-offended within one year of their original conviction. (Page 123)
• Full-time equivalent police officer numbers in England and Wales reached record levels in 2006, with 167,170 officers on 31 March. (Table 9.21) Latest information on police resources
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