The claim
"What the statistics on crime now show is that... homicide [is] down about 16%, serious violence down 11%"
Original publisher’s rating
The figures are broadly correct but any implication that this is because of government investment in policing would be misleading.
Reviewed by BBC Reality Check ↗ ·
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