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Crime figures down in Thurrock
CRIME figures for Thurrock are down year-on-year according to councillor Gareth Davies.p>
The councillor, who is cabinet member for Business and Culture and the council's representative of the Essex Police Authority told Wednesday's meeting of Thurrock Council.
He reported back to the council on the last meeting he had attended where the figures were discussed.
Coun Davies said: "Between April 2007 and the end of February 2008, the all-crime figure for Thurrock was 13,320.
"This equates to 38 crimes per day across the district.
"In the same period the previous year, the figure was 14,712 which equates to 42 crimes a day."
He added: "Our internal target was to achieve a reduction in all crime to 15,184 by the end of March this year, so we look well on course for that.
"The end result: This means we have 1,392 fewer victims compared to the previous year."
The main area of crime in Thurrock is auto crime - mainly due to Lakeside and the number of lorries broken into when left parked up overnight.
Coun Davies said that, compared to 2003/04, crime had fallen in many areas - theft or unauthorised taking of vehicles was down 40 per, theft from the person, by 48 per cent and criminal damage, by 25 per cent.
7:10am Friday 21st March 2008
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CommentPosted by: Thurrock Voice of Reason, Grays on 9:37am Fri 21 Mar 08
"Crime figures for Thurrock, year-on-year, according to Councillor Gareth Davies" I think you will find crime figures are down according to information supplied to him by the police/home office. I am sure someone will post that he is deluding himself on crime because of one reason or another but the figures supplied are based on what is reported.
"Crime figures for Thurrock, year-on-year, according to Councillor Gareth Davies" I think you will find crime figures are down according to information supplied to him by the police/home office. I am sure someone will post that he is deluding himself on crime because of one reason or another but the figures supplied are based on what is reported.
Posted by: Dave Amis on 8:53am Sat 22 Mar 08
Ask anyone - regardless of their political persuasion - about the validity of crime figures and they will all display a healthy scepticism.
As stated above, crime figures are based on what is reported to the police. People will only report a crime if they feel that there is a good chance the police will take action. In our experience, many people have given up reporting instances of so called 'low level' youth disorder as they know the police are simply are not interested.
A single incident of 'low level' youth disorder might seem trivial to the police but the cumulative effect of numerous incidents is a climate of fear where people simply don't go out at night in order to avoid trouble. Unless constructive action is taken to deal with 'low level' youth disorder, a certain proportion of the miscreants will escalate to increasingly more serious forms of offending because they feel they can get away with it.
When the police stop chasing targets imposed by an increasingly Stalinist New Labour government and start seriously listening to the communities they are supposed to be serving, people may one day actually start to believe the crime figures.
Dave Amis
East Thurrock IWCA
Ask anyone - regardless of their political persuasion - about the validity of crime figures and they will all display a healthy scepticism.
As stated above, crime figures are based on what is reported to the police. People will only report a crime if they feel that there is a good chance the police will take action. In our experience, many people have given up reporting instances of so called 'low level' youth disorder as they know the police are simply are not interested.
A single incident of 'low level' youth disorder might seem trivial to the police but the cumulative effect of numerous incidents is a climate of fear where people simply don't go out at night in order to avoid trouble. Unless constructive action is taken to deal with 'low level' youth disorder, a certain proportion of the miscreants will escalate to increasingly more serious forms of offending because they feel they can get away with it.
When the police stop chasing targets imposed by an increasingly Stalinist New Labour government and start seriously listening to the communities they are supposed to be serving, people may one day actually start to believe the crime figures.
Dave Amis
East Thurrock IWCA
Posted by: jp, aveley on 4:40pm Sat 22 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Dave Amis[/bold] wrote:
Ask anyone - regardless of their political persuasion - about the validity of crime figures and they will all display a healthy scepticism. As stated above, crime figures are based on what is reported to the police. People will only report a crime if they feel that there is a good chance the police will take action. In our experience, many people have given up reporting instances of so called 'low level' youth disorder as they know the police are simply are not interested. A single incident of 'low level' youth disorder might seem trivial to the police but the cumulative effect of numerous incidents is a climate of fear where people simply don't go out at night in order to avoid trouble. Unless constructive action is taken to deal with 'low level' youth disorder, a certain proportion of the miscreants will escalate to increasingly more serious forms of offending because they feel they can get away with it. When the police stop chasing targets imposed by an increasingly Stalinist New Labour government and start seriously listening to the communities they are supposed to be serving, people may one day actually start to believe the crime figures. Dave Amis East Thurrock IWCA[/quote] I totally agree with this statement.
what about the 2200 offenders that where let off with cautions is that shown in the figures .. well lets all congratulate ESSEX POLICE on becoming ACCOUNTANTS
Dave Amis wrote:
Ask anyone - regardless of their political persuasion - about the validity of crime figures and they will all display a healthy scepticism. As stated above, crime figures are based on what is reported to the police. People will only report a crime if they feel that there is a good chance the police will take action. In our experience, many people have given up reporting instances of so called 'low level' youth disorder as they know the police are simply are not interested. A single incident of 'low level' youth disorder might seem trivial to the police but the cumulative effect of numerous incidents is a climate of fear where people simply don't go out at night in order to avoid trouble. Unless constructive action is taken to deal with 'low level' youth disorder, a certain proportion of the miscreants will escalate to increasingly more serious forms of offending because they feel they can get away with it. When the police stop chasing targets imposed by an increasingly Stalinist New Labour government and start seriously listening to the communities they are supposed to be serving, people may one day actually start to believe the crime figures. Dave Amis East Thurrock IWCA
I totally agree with this statement.
what about the 2200 offenders that where let off with cautions is that shown in the figures .. well lets all congratulate ESSEX POLICE on becoming ACCOUNTANTS
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