The chairman of the UK Statistics Authority, Sir Michael Scholar, said that the figures Grayling was using were "likely to mislead the public" and "likely to damage public trust in official statistics" as the way in which crime was calculated had been changed in 2002.
英国统计局（英语：UK Statistics Authority）局长迈克尔·谢尔德（英语：Michael Scholar）爵士说，格雷林使用的数字“可能误导公众”和“可能损害公众对官方统计的信任”，因为计算犯罪的方式在2002年发生了变化。