A Conservative-commissioned report by the independent House of Commons library suggested that, depending on how figures were calculated, Grayling's claims may have been justifiable and that violent crime may have risen in the period between 1998 and 2009.
保守党委托独立的下议院图书馆所做报告声称，格雷林的主张可能是合理的，这取决于如何计算数字，暴力犯罪可能在1998年至2009年期间上升。