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Does anyone have a link to the data (which is only mentioned once in the article).
by dan1234 9y ago
Does anyone have a link to the data (which is only mentioned once in the article).
- DanBC 9y agoI strongly agree that journalists should link to their sources of data. It seems these figures were "obtained by BBC" through FoI request, not part of normal Met Police data sets. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-39328233 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-39328233 Here's an older FoI request, but it might not be the one the BBC are talking about: https://beta.met.police.uk/globalassets/foi-media/disclosure_2017/january_2017/information-rights-unit---acidammoniaother-noxious-substance-attacks-over-the-past-5-years https://beta.met.police.uk/globalassets/foi-media/disclosure... UK crime statistics come in two forms. 1) Police records, which is what this article is talking about. In general these are not seen as statistically robust because they rely on people reporting a crime to the police, and the police recording it. Police forces have improved their recording in recent years. Here's a link to the Met Police stats: https://beta.met.police.uk/stats-and-data/ https://beta.met.police.uk/stats-and-data/ Here's a link to press release: http://news.met.police.uk/news/crime-statistics-for-2016-to-2017-235111 http://news.met.police.uk/news/crime-statistics-for-2016-to-... 2) Office for National Statistics. These use a crime survey, and are seen as reliable.
- DanBC 9y agoForgot to include the ONS link! Here it is: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeand...