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Our performance If you have any suggestions or comments to make about our service you can do so here on our suggestions and feedback page. For a summary of complaints, compliments and suggestions we have received and analysed, download the details below:
There is often a variance in the crime figures from what was estimated to be the number of crimes to what the actual numbers were. There are a number of reasons why things like burglary, motor vehicle crime and street robbery fluctuate so much. With burglary there are often specialist police operations targeting known offenders or hotspots in the borough. Surprisingly enough, the weather can also play a part in why the numbers may drop – it appears burglars don't like getting wet! Because of this we do not produce action plans but respond to hotspots with targetted campaigns. The Council's Wandsafe Burglary Aftercare Officer or Police Safer Neighbourhood Teams may have done a number of visits in an area following a recent burglary, which may have put local residents on alert. Increase may be due to the weather again with people forgetting to close windows and doors in hot weather. If an area is regarded as a soft target through poor security the burglars will often return time and time again. The Council's Community Safety team and Police often run awareness campaigns on various crime types such as burglary, street crime and robbery encouraging people to take better care of their possessions and improve their physical security and at the same time encouraging them to report crime event though they may think that nothing can be done about it. (Follow above links for reports on the three priority crimes). Crime statistics
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