The leaked report notes that the trend in reported robberies and related charges diverged after 2014 ...

Robberies left-hand scale

Charges right-hand scale

100,000

20,000

80,000

16,000

60,000

12,000

40,000

8,000

20,000

4,000

0

0

2007

09

11

13

15

17

... implying that fewer robbers were being caught. Police numbers were cut by 5% over the same period

Police officers in England and Wales

Full-time equivalent, thousands

145

140

135

130

125

120

04

06

08

10

12

14

16

17

The leaked report notes that the trend in reported robberies and related charges diverged after 2014 ...

... implying that fewer robbers were being caught. Police numbers were cut by 5% over the same period

Robberies left-hand scale

Police officers in England and Wales

Full-time equivalent, thousands

Charges right-hand scale

100,000

20,000

145

80,000

16,000

140

60,000

12,000

135

40,000

8,000

130

20,000

4,000

125

0

0

120

2007

09

11

13

15

17

04

06

08

10

12

14

16

17