Facts and Figures

Currently, as a result of the information you give us:

  • 17 people are arrested every day
  • Somebody is charged with murder every 5 days

The following statistics are Crimestoppers official year-end statistics, from April 2007 until the end of March 2008, and reflect results based on anonymous information Crimestoppers has received.

  • 6,237 criminals have been arrested and charged
  • We've received 81,690 actionable calls (calls with useful information)
  • £3,459,591 worth of stolen goods have been recovered
  • £13,225,631 worth of illegal drugs have been seized

Number of people arrested and charged by crime type:

  • Murder (including attempted murder) - 47
  • Other unlawful killings - 5
  • Rape - 7
  • Indecency - 68
  • Robbery - 124
  • Criminal damage - 159
  • Assault - 286
  • Burglary - 158
  • Firearms (including explosives) - 81
  • Terrorism - 1
  • Handling stolen goods - 77
  • Drugs (Class A) - 1,610
  • Drugs (Other) - 915
  • Arson - 24
  • Theft - 296
  • Vehicle crime (Theft of/from) - 74
  • Disqualified drivers - 312
  • Drink driving - 400
  • Other road traffic offences - 414
  • Banking fraud - 27
  • Insurance fraud - 4
  • Trading Standards Offences - 22
  • Customs (alcohol/tobacco bootlegging) - 16
  • Immigration - 67
  • Football hooliganism - 12
  • Other crimes - 634

Since Crimestoppers started taking your anonymous calls in 1988, we've received more than one million calls with useful information which have led to:

  • 87,385 people being arrested and charged with offences including murder, rape, drug dealing, burglary, robbery and theft – over 600 people alone with murder
  • £103million of stolen property being recovered
  • Drugs with a street value of over £159million being seized

As you can see, your call does make a difference!

Since the Most Wanted website was launched in November 2005:

  • Over 1,600 appeals have been featured
  • 400 suspects have been arrested and charged (one Most Wanted arrest every other day)
  • 25% of these arrests resulted from the information you have given us

John BARTON

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Offence: Drug crime

Convicted, in his absence, of conspiring to import of heroin into the UK.

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