>More than 280,000 crimes went unrecorded last year, the police watchdog has found - with recording of violent crimes the weakest.
>A new report from the Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) estimates that in the year to 31 March about 5% of crimes went unrecorded.
>While it notes recording of crime has improved substantially, up to about 95% of all crimes being recorded from 80.5% in 2014, there are still areas that need improvement.
>Unrecorded crimes are incidents that are reported to the police, but not recorded as offences, which often leads to no further action being taken.
>According to rules set out by the inspectorate, an incident will be recorded as a crime as long as it passes a legal threshold and there is "no credible evidence" to contradict the incident occurred.
>If an allegation is made but the reporting officer knows the allegation is false - they may decide not to record a crime, but must justify why it will not be recorded and inform the victim of this, according to the Metropolitan Police.
>Crimes which disproportionately affect women, including harassment, stalking and controlling behaviour, comprise 37.9% of unrecorded violent crime and must be better recorded, the report found.
>Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.