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A very special thanks to the National Policing Improvement Agency who have shared with us the underlying breakdown of Crimes and ASB incidents allocated to the six very broad categories we are given Crime and ASB data on. These are; … Continue reading
We’re always working to improve the site and want to thank everyone again for their feedback and observations. Here are our latest upgrades; i) Neighbourhoods and Police Forces pages (approx 5,400 + 43) – each one now has the same … Continue reading
That might be one interpretation of David Cameron’s piece in the Daily Telegraph yesterday who said; “You’ll be able to see not just what crimes have been committed on your street, but what action the police have taken“ Presumably this … Continue reading
We always try and turn it around as quickly as possible. The data became available on Thursday 30th June and we finished uploading it today, Saturday 2nd July. On the National Picture page, we have now separated out a total … Continue reading
First of all, let me start by saying it is a truly great achievement of the Home Office to release crime data for 3rd party developers. We are really leading the world in this one. Secondly, it is unrealistic … Continue reading
I was interested to learn from the BBC that Leeds City Council are to spend £1.3m over four years to reduce the number of burglaries. I’ve just run a report on our Neighbourhoods page across all of England and Wales, … Continue reading
Along with 429 other competitors across Europe, we entered our application – this website www.ukcrimestats.com – to the Open Data Challenge. I’ve no idea who the other competitors are or what they’ve done and I look forward to finding out … Continue reading
We’re always very keen to have feedback, both good and bad, from the Public and the Police so please don’t hesitate to get in touch. The easiest way is to email us on crime@economicpolicycentre.com From the start we decided to … Continue reading
Are MPs responsible for crime or the lack thereof in their constituencies? Of course not. But we know they’re very interested in it and many people identify more closely with their constituency than their Police Neighbourhood. These are a sometimes … Continue reading
Read it here – along with a number of other useful contributions organised by the excellent Freakonomics team. Bill Bratton, former head of NYPD and LAPD says; “There is no immediate causal relationship between poverty or economic downturns and crime. … Continue reading