Stephen Tim – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Tim on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of crimes committed by people with gambling problems.

Mike Penning

The Home Office has made no specific assessment of the number of crimes committed by people with gambling problems.

The most recent crime statistics published by the Office for National Statistics showed that overall crime fell by 8% in the year to June 2015, according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales. Crime has now fallen by more than a quarter since June 2010, with just over 2.9 million fewer crimes a year.

It is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to decide crime priorities at a local level, and the most appropriate response in their areas.