Will there ever be a day this year when there will be not be a single crime for 24 hours?

Many people would certainly say this is an impossibility because of the current society we live in.

We hear crime in the media at every moment. On the internet, there are probably more stories posted on crime every minute than you can count.

And so? This site isn’t going anywhere just yet! Be sure to check back often as we’ll be posting many top articles on crime very often.

Now what shall I post next? The choices are vast but time is little…

According to figures released by the Home Office, the information held in the United Kingdom DNA database is predominantly made up of black males. This is despite white males being statistically more likely to be an offender.

A number of human and racial discrimination rights groups are due to meet to discuss issues with keeping an innocent person’s details on the database for up to 12 years.

The figures show that 27% of the black population in the UK are on the database, which is drastically higher than the 6% for the white population.

This news is a bit of a mixed bag, there are some positive figures and some negative ones. Starting with the bad news, knife crime is on the rise. Apparently the number of people who carry a knife has gone up by 60% in the past ten years, according to Home office figures.

The rise in people carrying knives comes despite a number of schemes over the last couple of years to reduce the level of knife crime.

On a more positive note, the figures were released as part of the number of convictions for knife crime. The conviction rates are up by as much as 400% in some areas, such as Yorkshire. However, in London, which has the highest knife crime rate in the UK, the rise in convictions was by less than 10%.