Only 0.65% of crimes solved by DNA database

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Just 33,000 of the 4.9 million crimes committed in Britain each year are solved using the DNA database, it has emerged.

Chief Constable Chris Sims of West Midlands, the Association of Chief Police Officers' (Acpo) lead on the issue, cited the figure as he gave evidence to the Commons' home affairs committee.

Mr Sims insisted the statistic, taken alone, was misrepresentative of the importance of the database because certain kinds of serious crime, such as burglary, rely more heavily on DNA evidence than minor crimes, which constitute the majority of offences in the UK.

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