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  • MultiFuelBurner
    MultiFuelBurner Posts: 2,928 Forumite
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    It's always good to go back to a house you love at various times of the day and weekends.


  • Mr.Generous
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    I wish there was a "thumbs up" emoji I could use for this thread. :)

    The crime stats for small streets are usually cumulative for a few streets, check nearby streets too.

    If there is a childrens home (ie one house with 1 or 2 kids in care or just over the care age but being supported) then the stat could be right. They can generate a crime wave easily because staff have to report everything they do and say, sometimes true, sometimes not.
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  • Marvel1
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    edited 9 November 2023 at 10:11AM
    Is it giving the just street or overall area, my post code is giving the area and September 2023:

    Top reported crimes

    Most commonly reported crimes during Sep 2023

    • Violence and sexual offences

      34

    • Shoplifting

      18

    • Public order

      16

    • Anti-social behaviour

      11
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  • otb666
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    i have just checked mine and as previous poster never noticed and feel safe

    Most commonly reported crimes during Sep 2023

    • Violence and sexual offences

      61

    • Anti-social behaviour

      53

    • Criminal damage and arson

      16

    • Public order

      12
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  • fluffymuffy
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    Marvel1 said:
    Is it giving the just street or overall area, my post code is giving the area and September 2023:

    Top reported crimes

    Most commonly reported crimes during Sep 2023

    • Violence and sexual offences

      34

    • Shoplifting

      18

    • Public order

      16

    • Anti-social behaviour

      11
    😯 never noticed myself and feel safe.
    If you look at the map view you can zoom in to see incidents on each street. The longer streets have incidents shown in different places. Often the same type of incident again and again. I don't know if it refers to the actual house or within a few houses. The street that concerns me has only three houses.
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  • user1977
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    Which site are people looking at?
  • mark_cycling00
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    I don't think that these websites would be able to be that specific about location because it might identify victims.


  • fluffymuffy
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    edited 9 November 2023 at 10:53AM

    user1977 said:
    Which site are people looking at?
    Police.uk 
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  • Martico
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    edited 9 November 2023 at 10:56AM
    Yeah, it's not just the road, it looks like an area (likely the first half of the postcode plus the following number). Just tried my own postcode and then one of a business six streets away, the numbers are the same. A road with a different first number in the second half of the postcode comes up different 
  • fluffymuffy
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    edited 9 November 2023 at 11:14AM
    Martico said:
    Yeah, it's not just the road, it looks like an area (likely the first half of the postcode plus the following number). Just tried my own postcode and then one of a business six streets away, the numbers are the same. A road with a different first number in the second half of the postcode comes up different 
    If you click on Crime Map you can zoom right in. Then click on the numbers for more information 




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