Month: June 2020

Energy consumption a good indicator of population change

Next year, the UK will be having its every 10 years census. In America, it’s this year. We know quite a lot has changed – there are an estimated 5 million more people in the UK than in 2010 according to the Office for National Statistics – nearly 10% more. But trying to estimate exactly […]

Another very strange month – crime and property prices

April 2020 represents the first full month of lockdown and the stand out difference is that reported ASB incidents are actually double the previous monthly record at 220k. On top of that, a new monthly low for burglary and shoplifting (hardly surprising) and a dramatic fall in “Theft from the person”. See the full range […]