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<p>The Government has not made an assessment of trends in the level of unsolved crime
in the UK or regionally.</p><p>It is the responsibility of Chief Constables and Police
and Crime Commissioners to make sure criminal cases are investigated properly. Together
with the Crown Prosecution Service they must make sure cases are charged where there
is sufficient evidence, and it is in the public interest to do so.</p><p>The Home
Office collects outcomes data for police recorded crime. These data are published
quarterly. The latest figures, for the year ending June 2018 can be accessed here:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>In
the year ending June 2018, there were 4,978,455 crimes recorded by the police. 2,322,169
of these offences were closed with no suspect identified (46.6% of recorded crime).</p>
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