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How many months makes a trend? I was very wary at the start to draw hasty conclusions, but with 5 months of totalled data, we do seem to have something of a trend. There is still much to learn though. What I don’t know for example; Is there a seasonal/temperature variation, i.e. more crime in […]
According to the Daily Telegraph ! When we have the data for June 2011, which will be in late July check to see if there is the same spike of thefts that happened last year. And we can compare it to the other music festivals too. We’d need to check that the relevant Police […]
We all like to get noticed for our efforts – unless you’re a criminal of course ! – so we were pleased to come to the attention of the Home Office in a recent press release. As I said and was quoted; ‘Britain is once again leading the world – this time in opening up […]
A must read in-depth article in today’s Europe edition of the Wall Street Journal (online a few days ago) about the recession in America not leading to an increase in crime when unemployment doubled from 5 to 10% and exploring the reasons why. Some of the answers; a lot more people in prison, a decline […]
A number of times now, a few people have remarked to me that the British Crime Survey (BCS) is a much more accurate guage of crime than police recorded crime which is what we use. They’re free to think that of course, but I’m always a bit surprised and disappointed to find out that they […]
I keep thinking about this seminar I went to at Civitas – an excellent think tank – a few weeks ago, as reported on here by Alasdair Palmer of the Sunday Telegraph. Hats off to Civitas for inviting someone along to speak who doesn’t really share their view and thinks beyond prison works or doesn’t […]