Nigel Farage has launched a campaign aiming to halve overall crime in the first five years of a Reform UK government. At a press conference, he claimed that crime rates have risen dramatically, stating they are 50% higher than in the 1990s. Farage criticized government spending priorities, suggesting that public safety is overlooked. He questions the validity of national crime surveys, claiming they are based on false data, while the Office for National Statistics suggests crime has generally decreased over the past decade, despite noting exceptions in sexual assault statistics.
Nigel Farage has pledged to halve overall crime within five years under a Reform UK government, asserting that crime levels have significantly surged since the 1990s.
Farage claims that total crime is currently 50% higher than it was two decades ago, stating that crime has become pervasive across Britain.
He argues that the crime survey for England and Wales is based on false data, asserting that underreporting of crimes inflates true crime figures.
The Office for National Statistics maintains that while police-recorded crimes should be used alongside other metrics, crime against individuals has generally decreased over the last decade.
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