Devon and Cornwall Police have boasted they have the third lowest crime rate in the country – while admitting a ten percent rise in recorded crime and sex offence reports shooting up by 25 percent.The latest crime figures show the force has seen overall reported crime between April 2016 and March 2017 has increased by 10.6 percent, but police chiefs claim this can be accounted for new laws, historic cases coming to light and better reporting of crimes. The report notes how recorded crime...
