Coming Soon: Interactive Crime Maps From The Police
By the end of the year every police force area in UK will produce interactive crime maps (screenshot above), which will allow the public to:
- See where and when crime has happened, down to street level for some crimes;
- Make comparisons with other areas; and
- learn how crime is being tackled by their local neighbourhood policing team.
UK has been compiling crime statistics since 1805. Boy, if only they had those maps back in 1888, when Jack The Ripper was strolling the streets of London Borough of Tower Hamlets…
Well, this will hopefully become one of the essential tools for tenants who are new to London, and are choosing an area to stay at. I wonder how the officials plan to make it efficient if some figures will be censored because of the privacy laws?
The crime statistics by London Boroughs are available HERE. You can also insert the full postcode to get more specific data and even compare it to the last year’s figures.
