Claim: The robbery rate shot up by 10% in a year - more than any of 12 other nations examined by the Home Office
Fact-check: Robbery: Is the UK a "world leader"? - Full Fact
Verdict: broadly correct. the number of recorded robberies in england and wales increased by 10% and the robbery rate by 9% between 2015 and 2016. that's more than in any of the other 12 countries examined by home office analysis.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2018-06-04T00:00:00