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Tom Edgington BBC Confirm senior journalist

Away from Ukraine, the fact-checking crew has been wanting into claims made by Robert Jenrick in right this moment’s Telegraph justifying his causes for becoming a member of Reform UK.

In an op ed written by the MP, Jenrick says that “Britain has been in decline for many years and we’re now in peril,“ citing points with excessive tax charges, A&E wait instances, and that “93 per cent of crime goes unsolved”.

However is that this crime determine appropriate? The reply isn't fairly.

<img alt="Robert Jenrick speaks from a Reform UK podium at a press conference in London." src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2026/1/16/dddd8a40-d1a5-41a3-9e89-ceb4fe1cef12.jpg.webp" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2026/1/16/dddd8a40-d1a5-41a3-9e89-ceb4fe1cef12.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/320/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2026/1/16/dddd8a40-d1a5-41a3-9e89-ceb4fe1cef12.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/480/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2026/1/16/dddd8a40-d1a5-41a3-9e89-ceb4fe1cef12.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2026/1/16/dddd8a40-d1a5-41a3-9e89-ceb4fe1cef12.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2026/1/16/dddd8a40-d1a5-41a3-9e89-ceb4fe1cef12.jpg.webp 800w" width="3500" height="1970" class="ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950"/> Picture supply, PA The latest criminal outcome statistics for England and Wales published by the Home Office , external present there have been 5.3 million police recorded offences within the 12 months to June 2025. Of those, solely 7.6% of offences resulted in a cost or court docket summons, which leaves 92.4% offences recorded by police with a distinct consequence.

However that doesn’t imply these offences went “unsolved”.

A cost or a summons is only one kind of consequence recorded on this knowledge, which signifies that a court docket case has been initiated.

Nonetheless, there are a number of different components recorded right here too. For instance, almost 25% of instances had been closed as a result of a sufferer didn't assist additional motion. A complete of 8.4% of the offences recorded had not but been assigned an consequence and had been ongoing whereas round 4% resulted in an out-of-court motion, and a small quantity had been assigned to a distinct company or physique.