Claim: Crime fell by one third under the last Labour government.
Fact-check: Sir Keir Starmer's Labour party conference speech: fact checked - Full Fact
Verdict: this claim is missing context. while we don't have comparable data covering different administrations, according to the central crime survey measure, crime levels peaked prior to labour taking office and have been declining since.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith;Tony Thompson
Date published: 2023-10-10T00:00:00