First fall in crime rate for five years

Tuesday 19 April 1994 23:02 BST

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CRIME fell by 1.1 per cent during 1993 compared with the year before, according to Home Office figures for offences in England and Wales, released yesterday. The figures are the first drop in offences since 1988.

The number of offences was 5.53 million, just 61,000 fewer than last year. The main reductions were in thefts from vehicles and from shops - with small rises in violent offences, burglary and theft of cars.

David Maclean, the Minister of State at the Home Office, said the underlying trend in the final quarter of last year suggested the reduction was accelerating.

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