The figures showed that of 4.2m crimes recorded in 2016/17 suspects were identified in 2m. The Sun found that there was also a disparity across England and Wales between forces.
A 19-year-old Romanian woman was forced into prostitution from a London flat after being trafficked into the UK and having glamour photos taken.
The Rt Rev Dr Alastair Redfern told a local paper that criminal gangs were moving trafficked women between rented holiday homes they used as temporary brothels.
British MPs were quick to lash out after former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee compared US President Donald Trump to Sir Winston Churchill.
French politicians want the UK to help pay for new customs posts at Channel ports after Brexit, which has been criticised by Iain Duncan Smith MP.
Callum Walker, 23, was out with friends in Sutton Coldfield when he was stabbed in his head, chest and hand after altercation in the early hours of 23 December.
Sainsbury's Taste the Different frozen Aberdeen Angus British Beef Quarter Pounders were recalled after an investigation found a possible link to recent E. coli cases.
Peter Capaldi wrote this heart-warming letter to a young boy who was concerned about Doctor Who's regeneration.
A church was burgled on Christmas Day, losing thousands of pounds worth of silverware, and police think thieves may have carried out the crime after attending midnight mass.
Scott Sears became the youngest person to reach the South Pole solo on Christmas Day, but he is still being described as Andy Murray's brother-in-law.
A new survey has said one in four Brits admit to stealing items while using self-service tills, resulting in an estimated £3.2bn of theft a year.
The Alexandra pub in Wimbledon launched a search for Mariusz, who left a pay packet "stuffed with cash" in the bar on 21 December.
Tramadol, a powerful opiate painkiller, is illegal in Egypt but available on prescription in the UK. Plummer claimed the pills were for her Egyptian boyfriend who suffered back pain, and she was not aware they were illegal in Egypt.
Britain's first gold coin, which was scrapped after a minting blunder almost 800 years ago, is tipped to sell for up to $500,000 at auction.
Adam Nicholls and Alexandra Knight both spent Christmas working in children's intensive care wards but spent Boxing Day searching for their missing cat after a callous burglary.
It's the end of the Christmas period and millions of employees across Britain are already back in work.
Convicted acid attacker Arthur Collins likely to spend even more time behind bars after admitting to smuggling a phone into prison to call his ex-girlfriend Ferne McCann.
Overnight Snowstorms across the UK has led to traffic accidents and left thousands of homes without power.
Paedophiles are using YouTube as a shop window to advertise abused children and underage pornography to other predators, it has been claimed.
The couple was forced to deliver their baby girl, Poppy, who was born healthy, weighing six pounds and eight ounces, and measuring 20.5 inches.
Newly released documents show how Prince Philip had opposed the nuclear arms race during the Cold War.
Retailers have reportedly complained that the £200 threshold to probe thefts has prompted a rise in shoplifting from organised crime groups.
British universities have been warned they could be fined if they restrict free speech on campus, but campaigners say that it banning speakers is the fault of student unions.
London's Oxford Street was the scene of chaos after a smashed window appeared to prompt a stampede of Boxing Day shoppers.
Hamilton posted a video on Instagram where he says to his followers: "I'm so sad right now. Look at my nephew." He then points the camera at the child.
Christmas celebrations in the UK have been marred by tragic deaths, road incidents and violent robberies.
The officer was responding to an incident when his car collided with another vehicle driving in the opposite direction on the A57 in Sheffield.
Tarek Hawchieh confessed to murdering Rebecca Dykes while she was returning home from a party, and then dumping her body at the side of the road.
The HMS St Albans monitored the Russian vessel Admiral Gorshkov's "activity in areas of national interest".
At least 24 survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have attempted suicide following the tragedy that left 71 dead, community volunteers claim.