Category Archives: Community Safety
No more crime briefings
After over 18 months I’ve been told by the Metropolitan Police to stop producing my crime maps. I was told by a slightly convoluted route (I understand a complaint by Harrow Council prompted a chain of communication that hopped along at least three intermediaries to me) but I understand that the Met’s issues are mainly [...]
Crime briefing, 5 – 12 August
The map below details crimes reported in Wandsworth between 5 – 12 August 2010, it features a total of 75 crimes (down five from the previous week). If you have any information on any of these crimes you can get in touch with the local police on 020 7350 1122 or via Crimestoppers (anonymously, if [...]
Crime briefing, 29 July – 5 August
The map below details crimes reported in Wandsworth between 29 July – 5 August 2010, it features a total of 80 crimes (down seven from the previous week). There is a link between transport and crime, and what’s quite interesting about this map – whether coincidence or not – is how it appears to follow [...]
Crime mapping and reassurance
It is a while since I droned on about crime mapping, but came across an interesting blog by a PhD student (who happens to be a retired police officer). The site has a fairly lengthy post (actually a republishing of a paper) covering some of the problems with mapping, as well as some potential future [...]
Crime briefing, 22-29 July
The map below details crimes reported in Wandsworth between 22-29 July 2010, it features a total of 87 crimes (up six from the previous week). If you have any information on any of these crimes you can get in touch with the local police on 020 7350 1122 or via Crimestoppers (anonymously, if you wish) [...]
What are your policing priorities?
The Metropolitan Police Authority are currently consulting on the policing priorities. It is always a bit of a motherhood and apple pie exercise, since the results do tend to come out with things like ‘fighting crime’ which, I would contend, is pretty much a given as a police priority. However, it might be worth having [...]
Crime briefing, 15-22 July
The map below details crimes reported in Wandsworth between 15-22 July 2010, it features a total of 81 crimes (exactly the same total as last week). Latchmere ward, normally one of the higher crime areas had no crime featured. If you have any information on any of these crimes you can get in touch with [...]
Somebody nicked my fridge
For a few years we were a two fridge family. This was, I have no hesitation in confessing, extravagant and bad for the environment. It was also entirely unintentional. When we moved to our current house we, of course, brought a lot of stuff with us, including our own fridge freezer. We’d failed to appreciate [...]
Crime briefing, 8-15 July
The map below details crimes reported in Wandsworth between 8-15 July 2010, it features a total of 81 crimes (23 fewer than last week). Two wards Furzedown in Tooting and Southfields in Putney have no crimes in this report. If you have any information on any of these crimes you can get in touch with [...]
Say no to doorstep selling
The Office of Fair Trading are launching a campaign against doorstep selling today. You might think it isn’t a problem, around 96% of people claim they would never use a doorstep trader; however, around 25% admit that they might be tempted in some circumstances to have work carried out straight away. It’s these people that [...]
