Crime rate to double once cyber offences included in figures, says Labour
by Frances Perraudin from Technology | The Guardian on (#154VG)
Andy Burnham says Conservative claims to have presided over a fall in crime while cutting police budgets would be proved false
Crime figures for England and Wales will double once cyber offences are included in official statistics, the shadow home secretary has said, launching Labour's police and crime commissioner campaign ahead of May's elections.
Speaking at a launch event alongside Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in Birmingham, Andy Burnham said that Conservative claims to have presided over a fall in crime while cutting police budgets would be proved false once cyber crime was routinely included in Office for National Statistics crime figures from July.
