Big fall in burglaries
I mentioned in my recent report on the Southfields Safer Neighbourhoods team meeting about the sharp fall in crime in that part of the constituency. The main reason for that fall has been a stark decline in burglaries: in one month they fell from 14 crimes per 1,000 of the population (among the highest in Putney) to just 6.5 - the second lowest.
A halving of the rate of crime in just one month is a major achievement and as I said before, the Southfields Safer Neighbourhood Police team deserve congratulation on their success.
And Southfields was not alone - the number of burglaries fell in every Putney ward except Thamesfield. Overall, the crime rate satyed broadly static in March; mainly because the decline in burglaries was off-set by an increase in theft and handling offences. Is there a direct correlation between the two?
Here's the March analysis:
And here's the comparison with February:
A halving of the rate of crime in just one month is a major achievement and as I said before, the Southfields Safer Neighbourhood Police team deserve congratulation on their success.
And Southfields was not alone - the number of burglaries fell in every Putney ward except Thamesfield. Overall, the crime rate satyed broadly static in March; mainly because the decline in burglaries was off-set by an increase in theft and handling offences. Is there a direct correlation between the two?
Here's the March analysis:
And here's the comparison with February:
posted by Stuart King at
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