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but police chiefs point out there are reasons for the fall in detections. although overall crime is at historically low levels, improved recording of offences means their caseload is rising and more of the crimes being reported are complex offences to investigate, notably rape and abuse cases. on the one hand, this does sound like a no brainer. anybody who's had their car stolen or their phone stolen wants the police to pursue every line of inquiry. at the same time, we also know that, for example, rape and sexual assault, the prosecution and conviction rate for those are incredibly low. we have a tsunami of male sexual violence towards women and girls as it is. if the police are being told you've just got to put even more resources into tackling, say, carand phone crime, that means there's going to be less time and less focus on those really serious violent offences that quite rightly the public are concerned about. so what does reasonable mean? that's the question which lies behind today's announcement. some officers might ask if it would be reasonable to downgrade a complex sexual abuse case to pursue more shoplifters.