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A Crime map of Britain has been released last night: Showing road by road, where thugs strike the most
The astonishing scale of loutish behaviour plaguing the country was revealed last night. Analysis of official figures showed four anti-social behaviour incidents are reported to the police every minute. The most detailed picture to date of thuggery across England and Wales emerged in detailed new crime maps. A Home Office website, www.police.uk, allows residents to type in their postcode to see the full extent of crime on their street. The figures show a total of 201,520 anti-social incidents were reported to the police in December last year – or more than 6,500 every day. In London alone there were 35,000 incidents reported to the police. They include yobbish behaviour, street drinking and vandalism. Until now the only published crime data showed levels across entire council wards – hiding the exact location of individual crime hotspots. The new site shows total crime and a breakdown of violent attacks, burglary, robbery, car crime and anti-social behaviour ‘on or near’ individual streets. Click here to read more...