Tag Archives: crime
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 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) [...]
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 [...]
Crime briefing, 1 – 8 July
The map below details crimes reported in Wandsworth between 1 – 8 July 2010, it features a total of 104 crimes (12 more than last week). Again, however, the majority of them are burglaries and too many of them made possible by people leaving doors and windows open in the hot weather. Always make sure [...]
Crime briefing, 24 June – 1 July
The map below details crimes reported in Wandsworth between 24 June – 1 July 2010, it features a total of 92 crimes (14 more than last week). The balance is heavily towards burglary this week, which make up 70 of the total and a significant number due to the hot weather. A thief may only [...]
Crime and unemployment
I spent a good chunk of yesterday at the National Worklessness Advisory Panel (which reminded that I’d not done the usual post about JSA figures in Wandsworth). While I’m not going to go into most of the discussions there were some interesting topics raised. One which started me thinking was a discussion about the unintended [...]
