Tony Blair came to power promising that he would be “Tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime.” However, 2006 crime figures reveal that he has broken this promise. Violent crime has doubled since 1998 and now stands at a recorded number of 1,220, 198 offences in 2006 compared to around 600,000 offences in 1998. Similarly, sexual offences, drug offences, robbery have all seen dramatic increases in the number of reported incidents.
However, even these figures may be misleading – according to the BBC's news website (in an article dated the 6th of March 2007) the introduction of “on the spot” fines mean that not only do repeat offenders escape getting sent to jail, but the offences don’t have to be entered into the police national database.
The BBC article can be found at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6421547.stm while the UK's crime statistics can be seen at the Home Office's website, http://www.crimestatistics.org.uk
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