QUOTE (JeffG @ Oct 6 2010, 02:09 PM)
If this is indeed the case, how come we have suddenly seen reports of a spate of violent crimes over the last couple of months?
How do we know that anything we hear from officialdom and anything we read in the papers is fact.
Figures and stories are manipulated to produce the result that the authors want you to see.
The well known "spin" factor.
Saying that though it does look like the rate of violent robbery is on the increase in Newbury as all of the stories are substanciated.
Her figures may reflect possible crimes that have not got into the press hence her enthusiasm.