Violent crime down but credit fraud is soaring / Independent, Friday, 18 July 2008

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/violent-crime-down-but-credit-fraud-is-soaring-870844.html

"The number of muggings and burglaries could soon start to rise again because of the economic downturn, the Home Office warned yesterday as it trumpeted sharp falls in overall crime rates. It also said credit card fraud is increasing rapidly as criminal gangs exploit the boom in internet shopping to produce cloned cards.The first official police figures on knife crime disclosed that more than 22,000 attacks with blades were carried out last year, although separate statistics yesterday suggested the actual figure could be almost 130,000."