Cost of crime '£275 per person' / BBC, 4 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7489877.stm
"Funding the police to tackle recorded crime costs £275 per person a year, according to a lobby group report. The Taxpayers' Alliance put the cost at £15bn annually for forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The campaign group, which used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain crime data from the police, called for red tape and targets to be reduced."
The cost of crime: PDF - http://tpa.typepad.com/home/files/the_cost_of_crime.pdf