▁The ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁includes ▁all ▁violence ▁against ▁the ▁person , ▁sexual ▁off ences , ▁as ▁violent ▁crime . ▁Today ▁violent ▁cr imes ▁are ▁considered ▁the ▁most ▁he in ous ▁whereas ▁histor ically , ▁according ▁to ▁Simon ▁D edo , ▁cr imes ▁against ▁property ▁were ▁equally ▁important . ▁R ates ▁of ▁violent ▁crime ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁are ▁recorded ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁Crime ▁Survey . ▁For ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 / 2 0 1 1 ▁report ▁on ▁crime ▁in ▁England ▁and ▁Wales , ▁the ▁statistics ▁show ▁that ▁violent ▁crime ▁continues ▁a ▁general ▁down ward ▁tr end ▁observed ▁over ▁the ▁last ▁few ▁dec ades ▁as ▁shown ▁in ▁the ▁graph . ▁" The ▁ 2 0 1 0 / 1 1 ▁B CS ▁showed ▁overall ▁violence ▁was ▁down ▁ 4 7 ▁per ▁cent ▁on ▁the ▁level ▁seen ▁at ▁its ▁peak ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ; ▁representing ▁nearly ▁two ▁million ▁fewer ▁violent ▁off ences ▁per ▁year ." ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 / 1 1 , ▁ 3 1 ▁people ▁per ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁interview ed ▁reported ▁being ▁a ▁victim ▁of ▁violent ▁crime ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 2 ▁preceding ▁months . ▁Regarding ▁murder , ▁" in cre asing ▁levels ▁of ▁hom ic ide ▁( at ▁around ▁ 2 % ▁to ▁ 3 % ▁per ▁year ) ▁[ have ▁been ▁observed ] ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁through ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century ". ▁Rec ently ▁the ▁murder ▁rate ▁has ▁decl ined , ▁" a