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Welcome to UKCrimeStats, an open data platform of the Economic Policy Centre www.economicpolicycentre.com - a think tank dedicated to closing the gap between policy and knowledge in new and innovative ways. We welcome your feedback but our resources are limited. So before getting in touch with us, please kindly check through our FAQ and Problems with Crime Data pages first.


Dan Lewis
UKCrimeStats Data/Website Queries/Special Requests: To get in touch, please email us on crime@economicpolicycentre.com.

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UKCrimeStats Outreach and Media: From time to time, Dan Lewis, Chief Executive of the EPC and lead blogger on UKCrimeStats contributes to the media to comment about crime statistics and related issues. He also gives talks about UKCrimeStats to conferences, schools (e.g. A-level Sociology Students) and villages societies, the latter two at a much reduced rate. If you would like him to do this for you, please get in touch with Dan directly on dan@economicpolicycentre.com.



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Latest Blogs

On Police Stations and Crime

Mar 25th 2013:  An insightful piece by London Mayor Boris Johnson today and he summed up very well the issue of how useful Police buildings and stations are in fighting crime; Police buildings do not make arrests. They do not lumber down the street in pursuit of criminals. They do not observe crime, and according to most criminologists there is no real evidence that they even deter crime – not just by sitting there as an inanimate structure of bricks and mortar. Crime is not fought by buildings, but by ...  Continue reading

UKCrimeStats now updated to January 2013

Mar 8th 2013:  Please email me on dan@ukcrimestats.com if you see anything amiss...  Continue reading