Half of women who experienced crime last year choose not to report it

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

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. 

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.’

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