The role of police and the duty they serve to the public is the upkeep of safety and order – the reassurance that the law, that justice, will prevail.
Yet, between July 2022 and June 2023, there were 104 there were 104,678 reported incidents of car theft in England and Wales, with only 2,215 offenders convicted, this means that only 2.12% of offenders faced justice.
However, this, in many ways, is understandable. After all, car thieves are very skilled at evading detection, making cases difficult to investigate.
Especially since many stolen cars do not have trackers, and even when they do, many criminals are adept in disabling them.
In fact, many statistics reflect the polices’ history of admirable work against car theft, which has reduced the rate of the crime by 177,841 cases since 2002 – 2003, which saw 307,000 incidents reported.
Furthermore, resources are readily available on police websites that provide in-depth advice on what to do to decrease your risk of being a victim of car theft.
However, what is not understandable is that other data has suggested that in the past two years, only one-quarter of reported car thefts were investigated by police.
In essence: criminals are being allowed to go free and commit more crimes that will affect countless people.
Justice should always prevail, but if things remain unchanged, it never will.
How can it if only a quarter of cases are being investigated?
In short, crime is going unpunished and will continue to do so unless more is done to prevent it.
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