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The worst crime hotspots revealed
CRIME hotspots across South Yorkshire are revealed today by an updated map that pinpoints exactly where trouble has flared in communities – down to hospitals, shopping areas, nightspots and travel stations.
For the first time, the map gives residents an insight into what anti-social behaviour, violence or theft is happening on their street and at points of interest in their neighbourhoods each month.
In Sheffield, it shows that there were 99 crimes recorded at or near Meadowhall shopping centre in the run-up to Christmas – of which 77 were shoplifting or other thefts.
Anti-social behaviour was the main reason officers were called to or near Northern General Hospital 27 times.
And they visited busy city nightlife spots Carver Street and Rockingham Street a total of 59 times for offences including one weapon related, arson and criminal damage.
From May, the map will be updated to give details of what happened to offenders – whether anyone was arrested, charged or sent to prison.
Announcing the updated maps, Home Secretary Theresa May, said: “Armed with the information from those crime maps, people can attend their local neighbourhood beat meeting and hold their local police to account for their performance.”
Peter Marriott, the former chairman of Sheffield Neighbourhood Watch Association, added: “The more crime figures are published the more confidence it gives the public to know the police are doing their job.”
Figures from November 25 to December 25 also reveal four crimes at Sheffield railway station.
The map lists three offences at or around Sheffield United’s ground on Bramall Lane – including one categorised as a public disorder and weapon related offence and another as theft.
At busy shopping street Fargate, there were 20 crimes, including nine of anti-social behaviour.
In Rotherham, there are 16 offences listed at or around the bus station – seven of anti-social behaviour, three of violence and two filed under the ‘public disorder and weapons’ category.
In Barnsley there are 33 recorded on or near the car parking area off Wellington Street in the town centre including 16 incidents of anti-social behaviour, four drug offences, five violent crimes, five thefts and three shoplifting offences.
In Doncaster, one of the busiest streets for nights out - Hall Gate - has 11 offences recorded as happening at or around a nightclub there.
Visit www.police.uk to see the crime map.
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serendipity
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 06:52 PMI think most of the people responsible for the crime come from the planet's hotspots.
scratch`
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 08:14 PM#6 If you take the trouble to look at the site you'll see this : "To protect privacy, individual addresses are not pinpointed on the map. Crimes are mapped to an anonymous point on or near the road where they occurred." What is interesting is it maps 'Street-level crime and ASB' so we can conclude 1] the really big crimes that we all suffer from ie the billions milked from the system by dodgy bankers etc won't show up anywhere; & 2] that ASB is not a crime. If ASB is not a crime, but some months makes up around half the 'crime' figure for my postcode, it makes the 'crime' look a lot worse than it is, ie massaging the figures upwards!
samspam
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 06:45 PMPost 4 - where did you dream up your "reasonable" 1:10 crimes are reported estimate? It is nonsense. You are just making it up. Based on your tin pot assessment of what... your doorstep, the news. The British Crime Survey gives a better estimation of the truth than you do by actually asking 42,000 people what has happened to them in the last year. It isn't perfect but it does reveal the cases of people who don't bother reporting offences. This shows that about 1:2 crimes get reported. One in ten - it's jokers like you that make people more afraid of crime than tey need to be... crime has fallen pretty consistently since 1995 but fish wives like you keep the myth alive. Get real......
Woodseats Sammy
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 04:40 PMEverytime I try I visit www.police.uk it wont connect...perhaps the server's been stolen?
crystalpeaksman
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 03:40 PMCant see no mention of burngreave and pitsmoor?
dromedary
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 02:05 PMDon't get fooled by these PR figures as these are just recorded crimes, that's why it states "at or near". . . . Perhaps we should have the figures for those crimes people have actually been prosecuted for. . . . No mention of the crimes committed by the council either?
Sir Taxedalot
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 01:15 PMGood job they don't record the crimes against fashion at Meadowhall.
ISeeEverything
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 12:14 PMWhat's all this at or near nonsense?
steelerblade
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 11:38 AM@ 2 - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA - and yes on the serious note, this is only going to make people happy they don't live there and the ones who do, definitely won't leave their house from now on
sdys15453
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 11:38 AMA reasonable estimate would be that only around 1 in 10 crimes are ever reported, so that means there is a lot more going on than shows up in the official police figures. I gave in reporting crimes long ago, when I'd have nothing more than a hundred incident numbers to shuffle round in the average year. All that happens when you report things like drugs, theft, burglary, criminal damage to the police, is that your car and house insurance premiums go up. As for Wellington Street, Barnsley, there are no actual shops on that street that I can think of except an outsize clothes shop, cafe, barbers, and then just pubs as far as the eye can see. Must have been the outsize clothes shop then...
lightningstrike
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 11:13 AMNot really sure what the purpose of revealing these figures is. As far as the general public goes: people who don't live in those areas will be glad they don't - & the people who do, will be well aware of the crime in their neighbourhood anyway.
doggtheveryspecialdeputy
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 11:13 AMComment removed by moderator
Sir Taxedalot
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 09:49 AMI assume the crimes at Sheffield Station were by Midland Trains for obtaining money by deception.
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