Problems with evidence caused some cases to be closed before anyone was charged Dave Thompson/PAInvestigations into millions of crimes recorded by police in the year to June were closed without a suspect being identified, according to figures released by the Home Office. Overall only 10 per cent of the crimes recorded by police in England and Wales resulted in a charge and almost half (47 per cent) were closed because officers were unable to find the culprits. Police closed investigations into 2.2 million crimes recorded last year without a suspect being identified. In other cases where no charge was brought there were problems with evidence, people were cautioned or given warnings, or it was deemed that prosecution was not in the public interest. About 14 per cent of sex crimes, or 20,873 cases, were…

Source: The Times October 19, 2017 23:03 UTC