Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott has described the rise in police-recorded crime as “shocking”. Figures showed forces in England and Wales logged a total of 5.3 million crimes in the year to the end of September 2017 - up by 14% on the previous 12 months. This was the largest increase since the introduction of national crime recording regime in 2002/3. Ms Abbott blamed the increase directly on a fall in police numbers which she said her party would address if in government. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn