What does BCS stand for?

British Crime Survey (survey carried out by UK Home Office, since 1982)

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Mr Johnson said the British Crime Survey - ministers' preferred measure of the problem - showed violence was down by 41% since 1997.

Cam stokes crime fears; POLITICS

The latest British Crime Survey figures show the trio have risen from fifth position into the top slot with about 55% of those who expressed a view agreeing their concerns were being met.

Top of the cops

Jane Furniss, chief executive of the IPCC, told MPs: 'The British Crime Survey suggests that something like 300,000 people who have had contact with the police describe themselves as very annoyed following it, so something like ten times the number who actually make a complaint.

Complaints against police rise 300% in three years

Children under 16, for the British Crime Survey (BCS), Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced.

The World: Quiz of the day

Indeed, according to British Crime Survey statistics, domestic burglary fell by 59% between 1995 and 2007.

Cities in crime hotspots

Nationally, according to the British Crime Survey, the number of knife muggings in 2005 soared to 42,020 - an increase of 73 per cent in just one year.

GROWING MENACE OF KNIFE CRIME; 3ft SWORDS, ARMY KNIVES AND MACHETES ...

Acpo spokesman Simon Cole said: "Whilst we are recording more crime, the British Crime Survey continues to show that crime is declining, and the chances of being a victim of crime reducing.

Police figures add up nicely

THE British Crime Survey - also released today - which surveys 45,000 members of the public across the country, presents a better picture for Merseyside.

Personal crime rates 'lower