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Following on from a suggestion by one of our members and thanks to our dedicated team of programmers, we have recently invested in making sure that all wards – the smallest electoral division – are matched to the relevant County … Continue reading
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Ok, we got this done quicker than I hoped for. Boris Johnson and his brethren will be pleased to here that we now have all crime figure correctly displayed for the London Assembly area as a whole and the 14 … Continue reading
We now have 19 months of data on UKCrimeStats. For all that, we’ve had a difficult month here on UKCrimeStats. For the third time in our brief history, the site was brought down by crime – hackers emanating from China-based … Continue reading
An excellent piece here – Fudge factor: Cooking the books on crime stats – on how and why in the USA, many have come to believe that the biggest problem facing law enforcement today is altered crime stats. Many of … Continue reading
Disturbing article in the Independent today explaining that the number of hardened criminals reoffending is at a record high while the number of first-time offenders has dropped. At the end of the month – we learnt today – Police.uk will … Continue reading
We don’t hang around on UKCrimeStats – police.uk finally released the data on the 2nd May and we have updated our website now. There were 27,000 new locations – of which more later. The main point is the clear seasonal … Continue reading
Last March 13th, I gave a presentation to the above panel about the issues we were experiencing with crime data provision – so for your interest here it is. I’m still waiting to see the minutes of that meeting which … Continue reading
They say that imitation is the greatest form of flattery. So I was mildly amused today to pick up the Evening Standard to find that Boris Johnson’s crime manifesto today pledged to do something we already offer for free ! … Continue reading