WEST Mercia Constabulary is not one of 13 forces identified as failing to properly record serious violent crime.
Home Office officials revealed that some police forces had been asked to re-examine their figures after they discovered some serious assaults were being recorded in a lower category of offence. The under-counting could have been going on for more than 10 years.
A spokesman for West Mercia Constabulary confirmed it was not one of the 13 forces, adding that it had “robust” recording procedures.
The figures released by the Home Office revealed that attempted murders in England and Wales, involving a knife, between April and June this year were 28 per cent up on last year. Assaults causing grievous bodily harm with intent rose by 29 per cent. No local figures were released.
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