Half of women who experience crime in the past year choose not to report it because of a lack of trust in the police, report suggests
- Study found policing model was ‘broken’ amid shifting demands on forces
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Almost half of women who experienced a crime in the past year chose not to report it due to a lack of faith in the police, a report suggests.
The study from the Tony Blair Institute found the policing model was ‘broken’ amid shifting demands on under-performing forces and a poor charge rate of just 6 per cent.
It found 44 per cent of women who witnessed or had been a victim of crime did not report it. The main reason was because they did not see the point or felt the police would not take it seriously.
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Men appeared to have more confidence in investigators, with 60 per cent of those who experienced crime reporting it to the authorities.
In a foreword to the report, Baroness Casey of Blackstock, who spent a year compiling a review into the Metropolitan Police, said: ‘This is worrying and speaks to a fundamental rupture in the bond of trust between the police and the public.’
In a foreword to the report, Baroness Casey of Blackstock (pictured), who spent a year compiling a review into the Metropolitan Police, said: ‘This is worrying and speaks to a fundamental rupture in the bond of trust between the police and the public’
She said the police’s relationship with the public was at breaking point, adding: ‘Only with wholescale and radical reform can trust and confidence in the police be rebuilt.’
