Domestic abuse can have devastating consequences yet often remains hidden. Our best measure for understanding the scale of this abuse…
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Ensuring children’s voices are represented in our statistics is essential for building a better understanding of their lives and the risks they face. The Children’s Crime Survey for England and Wales has moved online following falling response rates to the previous face-to-face survey. Caroline Youell explains how redesigning the survey and moving it online has improved participation and provided better insight into young people’s experiences and perceptions of safety both online and in their daily life.
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Earlier this year we announced we will be using newly-developed questions to measure domestic abuse in the Crime Survey for…
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Child abuse is appalling in all its forms and affects some of the most vulnerable in society, but it is…
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In “Crime: Numbers, Narratives and Nuance” our host Miles Fletcher speaks with Nick Stripe, Joint Head of Crime Statistics at the ONS and John Rentoul, leading commentator on crime, policing, and the media, about the challenges in interpreting crime data.
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