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Crime
West Yorkshire's Second Most Common Crime Category Is Just Called 'Other'
In a Police UK extract of 161 West Yorkshire crime records, violent crime accounts for 66 of them. The next biggest single line isn't burglary or drugs. It's a residual bucket labelled 'Other Crime', with 24 records, and nobody outside the system can tell you what's in it.
Crime
Violence Outnumbers Drug Offences Five to One in West Yorkshire
In the latest West Yorkshire street-level records, violent crime accounts for 42.4% of everything logged. Drugs offences? Just 15 out of 184. The gap between what gets talked about and what actually gets recorded is enormous.