Revealed: The 5,820 Crimes Police Did Not Tell You About ; Getting Answers On Crime Statistic [Edition 3]

South Wales Evening Post › October 30, 2009

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DYFED-POWYS Police are only telling the public about a tiny percentage of crimes reported to them, it has been revealed.

Using the Freedom of Information Act, the Post has discovered that out of more than 6,000 crimes reported to the force over a three-month period, details of just under three per cent of the incidents were put out to the press and public.

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Revealed: The 5,820 Crimes Police Did Not Tell You About ; Getting Answers On Crime Statistic [Edition 3]

Incidents not mentioned in routine press calls include two teenagers being arrested after an alleged attack in Llwynhendy ...

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