Nearly 700 crimes in Chesterfield town centre unsolved over last year
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According to data on police.uk, there was a combined total of 1,949 crimes recorded in Chesterfield town centre between December 2018 and November 2019.
Of those, a total of 692 offences were unsolved as police could not identify a suspect or they were unable to prosecute a suspect.
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Hide AdInspector Adrian Pegg, force crime and incident registrar at Derbyshire Constabulary, said: “There are a number of reasons why a crime can be filed as undetected – these can range from insufficient evidence to witnesses not wishing to proceed.
“Some crimes are now resolved by way of a telephone resolution. A high number of calls are received into our control room that are low level and do not require a police response or have no further lines of enquiry. These types of crimes including car crime, shed burglary or anti-social behaviour can sometimes be resolved over the phone and crimes can be closed as a result.
“In many instances we rely on witnesses coming forward and working with us to achieve a successful outcome. Many crimes are reported and then witnesses are then not prepared to give evidence at court.
“This is a process that they will be supported through that would then hopefully lead to a crime being solved and a successful outcome at court,” he added.