Recorded crime has leapt by the biggest spike in crime since 1990, new figures out today reveal. The number of crimes logged by police is up 14 per cent to 5.3million, recorded crime statistics published by Office for National Statistics showed.
Statisticians said the data show continuing rises in the number of 'higher-harm' violent offences, which were most evident in knife and gun crime categories.
Police forces registered 37,443 offences involving a knife and 6,694 gun crimes, the figures show.
The Crime Survey for England and Wales - seen as a more accurate measure overall by the ONS but which fails to correctly track the most serious crimes - has crime down as a whole, in line with long term trends.
Separate statistics out today show there were 121,929 police officers in the 43 forces in England and Wales at the end of September 2017 - the lowest number since comparable records began in 1996. Knife crime is up 21 per cent compared with the previous year and the highest tally since comparable records started in the 12 months to March 2011.
Gun crime also went up by a fifth, to 6,694 recorded offences.
The statistics show forces logged a total of almost 1.3 million general 'violence against the person offences' from October 2016 to September 2017, a year-on-year rise of 20 per cent. This is a broad category including murder, assault, harassment and stalking.
Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said: 'These figures are truly shocking and should put an end to Government complacency on crime.
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