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If it is not recorded, it does not exist. About 30 years ago, a chief constable said to me, “Minister, if you measure it, we’ll manage it”. Today, policing, safeguarding and multi-agency working are driven by data. Without proper recording, patterns cannot be seen, escalation cannot be tracked, and risk cannot be assessed. A victim may present to a GP, then a teacher, then the police and then a housing officer, but if each agency records the incident differently or not at all, no one sees the cumulative danger.