We recently ran the January 2015 update and found one really odd bit;<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.ukcrimestats.com\/Neighbourhood\/5948 – this neighbourhood in Wales where crime went from a monthly average of 1 to 340 !<\/p>\n
We are confident that the data as released says this, as it does on police.uk\u00a0http:\/\/www.police.uk\/north-wales\/GSW09\/ but it’s either wrong or there was a major event there that I’m unaware of. So if anyone knows, please email us and let us know and we will publish an update.<\/p>\n
Secondly, we have just done some exciting upgrades to the Postcode Data Generator.<\/p>\n
Now you can match postcodes to Workplace Zones and 1 mile radius counts of crimes from a postcode centroid. Take a look at it here<\/p>\n
http:\/\/ukcrimestats.com\/postcode_tool\/<\/p>\n
Workplace Zones<\/a> arguably are in some ways better than Lower Layer Super Output Areas as they are smaller and there are more of them, about 50,000 compared to 34,000.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We recently ran the January 2015 update and found one really odd bit; http:\/\/www.ukcrimestats.com\/Neighbourhood\/5948 – this neighbourhood in Wales where crime went from a monthly average of 1 to 340 ! We are confident that the data as released says … Continue reading