Sheffield car park ranked among worst in country for vehicle crime
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A review of UK crime statistics for April 2019 and March 2020 revealed that 118 crimes were committed in the NCP car park on Campo Lane, putting it 20th on the list of 200 of the country's busiest car parks.
With 368 crimes in total, however, London’s Covent Garden car park suffered worst - though Bristol parking facilities have the worst record as a whole, according to the research by Uswitch.
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Hide AdCrimes included aggravated vehicle taking, theft from a motor vehicle, theft from a vehicle other than a motor vehicle, theft of a motor vehicle, and interference with a motor vehicle.
Other Sheffield car parks on the list – outside of the top 20 - include Hartshead Square, with 96 crimes; Furnival Gate with 95; Arundel Gate with 68; and Blonk Street with 60.
NCP, or National Car Parks, is responsible for 26 of the 30 ‘least safe’ car parks.
An NCP spokesperson said the crime data used for analysis did not correlate with their own, though admitted that it “can only record incidents that are reported to us directly by our customers”.
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Hide AdThey said: “Obviously as the largest parking provider in the UK it figures that in a survey like this we will always show up higher on the quantity of car crime per vehicle, but our statistics show us that in fact only 0.004 per cent of our customers are affected by vehicle crime when parking with us.
"This is due to a vast investment in roller shutters being implemented in many of our sites, alongside constantly changing shift patrol patterns, investments in new LED lighting, as well as signage encouraging customers to always take their valuables with them and leave nothing in their car when they park, to name just a few of our ways to fight crime.
"We are aware that any car crime is upsetting, and even one customer affected is a customer too many, and so we have hugely invested in our car parks across our estate and continue to do so.”