Nine out of 10 crimes went unsolved in 2016 and 2017, a drop of 25 percent from the previous year.

But the picture differs significantly across the country. In Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, less than six percent of crime were solved according to police data, whereas in Uttlesford, Essex, 32.1 percent were solved.

In the Manchester Borough of Trafford none of the 225 crimes reported in the period were solved, according to police data analysed by goodmove.co.uk.

Nine out of 10 crimes went unsolved in 2016 and 2017, a drop of 25 percent from the previous year

In Manchester just 4,940 of the 82,740 crimes (5.97 percent) were solved.

Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire has the most unsolved crime in the country, just 5.46 percent.

In second, third and fourth place are Daventry, Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire respectively with Manchester taking fifth.

Uttlesford in Essex was the only place to solve more than 30 percent of it's crime.

Second was Scarborough with 26.69 percent, followed by Boston, Bath and North East Somerset and Mendip.

As well as postcode lottery, the likelihood of a crime being solved largely depended on the nature of it.

On average, 82.6 percent of crimes related to drug possession and abuse were solved where only 1.5 percent of thefts were solved, 30 percent less than the previous year.

Only two percent of 77, 515 bicycle thefts were solved

Only 1.5 percent of thefts were solved, 30 percent less than the previous year

Possession of weapons was the second most solved crime, with just under 40 percent being solved.

Of more than 50,000 robberies only 5.7 percent were solved. While more than a million violent and sexual crimes were reported less than 12 percent of violent and sexual crimes were solved.

In total, only 11.6 percent of crimes were solved between 2016 and 2017.

Police are set to lose out more with forces predicted to recieve £700million less a year in the following years

Nearly half a million (492,185), reports of criminal damage and arson were made but only eight percent were solved.

Only two percent of 77, 515 bicycle thefts were solved whereas just under 30 percent of shoplifters were caught. Similarly only 2.08 percent of vehicle crime was solved.

The fall in solved crimes follows mass reduction in police budget under Theresa May's tenure as Home Secretary.

After the coalition government was elected in 2010, May agreed to reduce police budgets by 18 percent and over the next five years the number of police on the street fell by more than 20,000 from 144,353 to 122,859.

Only 2.08 percent of vehicle crime was solved

For criminal damage and arson, eight percent of crimes were solved

Police are set to lose out more with forces predicted to recieve £700million less a year in the following years.

Chief Constable Bill Skelly, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for Crime Statistics, said: 'Recent re-inspections have shown forces are improving the way they record information. Very often, this is for crimes that have no suspect and no prospect of a criminal justice outcome.

'This data should therefore be interpreted cautiously, as it is by no means the case that a rise in recorded crime and a drop in associated detections is a causal effect of reduced resources' the Sunday Mirror reported.

The Home Office said the Government recognises 'the impact crimes can have' and that police funding will rise by up to £460million this year.