Hundreds of reported thefts and related crimes are unlikely to lead to a prosecution in West Mercia, new figures show.
The figures come as a think tank warns police are under-resourced when it comes to tackling 'low-level' crime.
There were a further 2,758 thefts 'from a vehicle' over this period, of which just 1.2 per cent resulted in a charge.Of the 709 reports of bicycle theft in West Mercia over the same period, just 24 – 3.4 per cent – led to the offender being charged. Rick Muir, director of the Police Foundation, said police need greater resources to investigate low-level crime.
Thefts are not the only crime where very few cases result in an appearance in court – despite more than 25,000 cases of blackmail reported in the year to September across England and Wales, 12 forces brought no charges forward at all.Mr Muir added:"The police have had to ration what they do with reduced resources and this has meant they have prioritised high harm, more serious crimes – such as sexual crime, serious violent crime and domestic abuse.
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