Claim: Overall crime has fallen by around 50% since 2010.
Fact-check: Conservative claim that 'overall crime' has fallen 50% since 2010 excludes fraud - Full Fact
Verdict: this figure is based on specific data from the crime survey for england and wales which doesn't count fraud or computer misuse offences, so doesn't represent all crime.  in 2022 the crime survey estimated that fraud and computer misuse accounted for around 4.4 million out of 9 million total offences. we don't have comparable data for 2010. the total number of offences including fraud and computer misuse has dropped by about 20% since 2017.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Tony Thompson
Date published: 2023-05-03T00:00:00