Statistics show crime rates in the region are at their lowest since records began
DO you agree with crime chiefs when they say there crime is at its lowest since records began?
The latest statistics released by the Humberside Police Authority, show huge reductions in many crime levels.
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Humberside Police's incident response team on a Saturday night in Grimsby.
According to a member of the authority, it is in North East Lincolnshire where crime rates are reducing most rapidly.
This is what some of the statistics released by the Humberside Police Authority for 2009 reveal:
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Confidence in how police and the council deals with crime and anti-social behaviour has increased to 50.8 per cent.
Overall satisfaction in the service provided by Humberside Police has risen by 4.5 per cent to 83 per cent.
Serious acquisitive crime, which includes burglary, vehicle crime, and robbery, showed a fall of 22.4 per cent across the whole force – a drop of 3,389 crimes compared to the previous year.
Shoplifting has dropped across the force by 829 offences, or 11.2 per cent, and the number of commercial burglaries has fallen by 310 or 16.5 per cent.
Criminal damage showed a fall of 1,340 offences, or 7.1 per cent and anti-social behaviour a fall of 4,807 incidents, or 13.9 per cent.
See today's Grimsby Telegraph for the thought of crime chiefs and a closer look at these statistics.
Comments
by anon, clee
Tuesday, June 08 2010, 4:44PM
“a friend of mine was working late repairing a window when 2 yobs started smaching his van up .. he left the van a phoned 999 1&1/2 hours later the police rang him back to say that they couldnt make it they was busy.. what if he hadnt walked away and left his van to be trashed ??? the police in grimsby are the best in england .NOT.”
by anne, nunsthorpe
Tuesday, June 08 2010, 4:30PM
“i find that hard to believe .. on friday at 4.45am i had a police car chashing a car at high speeds past my house.. only to see one of the people in the car out on monday at the local shop... great police work guys..”
by pedro, clee
Tuesday, June 08 2010, 11:17AM
“I am sorry to throw doubt upon this but I just do not believe these figures. I do know that many people do not report crime as it is a waste of time as nothing is ever done. I am getting on in years and dare not go out in the evenings any more. I do feel threatened when I do go out and as I live on a busy road the bad behaviour of the youths in the evening is apparent to all. It would be interesting if all unreported crime was included in the figures and perhaps there is a lesson to us all in that.”
by john, grimsby
Monday, June 07 2010, 12:07PM
“There is no police in Grimsby to record crime thats why its low.Humberside must employ a lot of spin doctors.When you call Humberside Police on a 999 call they usually say there is nobody available so it goes un recorded keeps ths crime figures low dosent it.”
by Stephen, GY :-(
Monday, June 07 2010, 12:01PM
“Two words for these statistics - Bull C**P.”
by ian barfield, wasteland
Monday, June 07 2010, 8:45AM
“On November 5th last My son and I were walking down Cartergate when we noticed youths attacking the ticket machines in the car park. Two PCSO's had just walked past them. We pointed them out to the PCSO's who denied the vandalism was taking place. It continued as we were talking to them, we persisted and the PCSO's then decided to have an angry confrontation wit us. We walked away with my 18 year old son saying "there I told you dad the police are a waste of time" There have been so many crimes committed against my family property and people we know that anyone who believes crime is at its lowest level ever is either a fool or demented. I one of my recent moans I was told by a police officer that "We could have the worst crime in the world happening in the West Marsh and we just wouldn't know because no-one talks to us anymore" I for one would like to see an end to tis nonsense, we nee a new relationship with the police and constructive ways those of us who still care can hep the heroes that the ordinary officers are. Anyone who feels the same can contact me on ianbooks123@yahoo.co.uk
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by Paul, Cleethorpes
Monday, June 07 2010, 8:43AM
“Maybe if the local PCs spent less time pushing cardboard hands through peoples windows, and - oh I don't know - actually trying to catch the little scrotes who use my back alley as a convenient place to set fire to wheelie bins and nick the odd bike or twenty, then I'd have a bit more faith in the figures.
To my knowledge I live in a "High crime rate area" and there have been at least five break ins the past two weeks, but the only police presence I see are when they are on their way to somewhere else.”
by KEITH, GRIMSBY
Monday, June 07 2010, 7:56AM
“This is another attempt by the police and council to make us belive that everything is ok but it is not ok these people should be out on our streets seeing whats going on not stuck behind desks with there laptops twisting the figures around get real you councillors and police get out there on sat nights and on our estates moving chavs on use tear gas if needed like they do in europe be the first council to set example to rest of country”
by Chris GY, Grimsby
Sunday, June 06 2010, 11:09PM
“I'm amazed at everyone's lack of faith in ther figures released by the Institute of Made Up Statistics.
Would it suprise you to know that only 1.2% of crime victims are actually killed during that crime or that 3.5% of all reindeer have red noses .
Utter balderdash of course, but the police actually believe they are doing the job that the public pay them to do......funny old world innit.”
by Stewart, Grimsby
Sunday, June 06 2010, 10:44PM
“I do love the picture for this artical. Police speeding off in their Protons.
They're good at speeding, are the police...”