Violent Crime Soars in Leicester
New figures obtained by Parmjit Singh Gill, Member of Parliament for Leicester South, can today reveal that serious crime in Leicester is growing at an alarming rate. These figures show that since 1999 the level of recorded violent crime has risen by an average of nearly 17%. That's a rise of 66% in only four years, with 6,851 cases recorded in 1999/2000 soaring to 11,430 cases in 2003/2004.