article_snippet.sent: A surge in the number of sex attacks reported to police has fuelled the first rise in recorded crime for more than a decade.
article_snippet.sent: And a record number of rapes and other sex crimes were logged – up by a third (32 per cent) to 80,200, or 220 a day.
article_snippet.sent: But the number of rapes recorded was the highest ever at 26,703, which is an average of 73 attacks every day.
article_snippet.sent: Rapes at knifepoint were up by 31 per cent to 311 attacks and there were 53,559 other sexual offences recorded.
article_snippet.sent: Violent offences also jumped by 21 per cent to nearly 741,000.
highlights_snippet.sent: Record number of rapes and other sex crimes were logged - 220 a day .
  