Steven Posted 23 May 2006 Posted 23 May 2006 What many on this board already thought. Source Crime 'hotspot' study angers city A report which labels Nottingham as the most crime-ridden place in England and Wales has been condemned by officials in the city as "fatally flawed". Think tank Reform ranked urban areas with populations of more than 100,000 using data on burglary, murder, rape, robbery, car and gun crime from police. It said the city had nearly four times as many crimes per 1,000 people as Southend, in Essex, which was bottom. Nottingham council's leader called for the "damaging" report to be withdrawn. The independent think tank's researchers used the data to come up with an overall crime level per 1,000 residents for each area. Murder rate Reform said the study would increase pressure on police to improve their performance in places with high crime levels. Nottingham was calculated to have 115.54 crimes overall, followed by Leeds, with 107.22, Stockport, Greater Manchester, with 100.42 and Bradford, with 100.4. London was placed 29th out of the 55 towns and cities in the comparison, but the report's authors noted there was a "wide variation" between the safest boroughs and the most dangerous. If ranked as cities in their own right, the boroughs of Kingston upon Thames, Sutton and Richmond would be near the bottom of the list, while Westminster, Islington and Hackney would be ranked in 7th, 10th and 11th place respectively. Bottom of the overall list was Southend, with 30.01 crimes per 1,000 people, with Poole, in Dorset, (32.71) and Colchester, Essex, (33.9) just above it. Nottingham also had the highest murder rate - with 5.21 crimes for every 100,000 population - followed by St Helens, Merseyside, with 4.87, according to Reform. London came 21st with 2.12. On gun crime, Nottingham was fourth with 7.61 crimes per 10,000 residents, with Bradford (12.53) top of the list, followed by Leeds (12.45) and Northampton (10.24). 'Lies, damn lies' Jon Collins, leader of Nottingham City Council, demanded the study be withdrawn until its authors "get their facts right" and "before it does any further damage to Nottingham, its businesses, its universities and its reputation". "There are lies, damn lies and statistics. Once again, people are bandying around statistics without fully understanding them and the implications of getting them wrong," he said. "How can we possibly be the most dangerous city in the country when, for example, there are 10 times as many murders in London, according to this report, than in Nottingham?" Chief Superintendent Marcus Beale, police commander for Nottingham city centre, said Nottingham's population is "significantly higher" than the survey suggests and it was being unfairly compared with some areas with large swathes of countryside. "This is a fabulous city with a thriving economy. It is renowned for its shopping, its great nightlife and attracts thousands of university students every year," he said. He added the number of offences in the city had fallen by almost 10,000 since 2002. "Likewise, gun crime continues to fall, dispelling the myth that Nottingham was ever the UK's gun capital," he said. 'Better information' Report co-author Blair Gibbs said: "The government's key message that crime has been falling masks a huge variation between the safest and most dangerous urban areas. "Better information and improved policing based on direct accountability to local communities is urgently needed to drive down crime and increase public safety." It said its findings suggested the Home Office's key target that crime in high crime areas should fall more quickly than in other areas was "insufficiently challenging". It said local rather than national initiatives were likely to have the greatest impact on crime. The report gathered statistics from police forces using the Freedom of Information Act and took population data from the 2001 Census.
Daggers Posted 23 May 2006 Posted 23 May 2006 What many on this board already thought. Source I lived in Southend for five years and my mates got beaten up every weekend. My brother lives in Nottingham and neither he, nor his adorable family have killed or been killed. There again, he has had his house robbed three times and his bicycle stolen from a secure stoa.rage area from his work. We blame Jermaine Pennant.
Gamesmaster Posted 23 May 2006 Posted 23 May 2006 The leader of the nottm council has just been on sky news, and he said these figures are for the inner city areas (265,000 nottm people). Amazingly, kay burley made the point that nottm was the worst inner city for crime (265,000 people), and the council leader said no. Then he put spin on it by saying of the 600,000 in nottmshire, they come between 15 and 20th in the table. He should be sacked for deception.
Shram Posted 23 May 2006 Posted 23 May 2006 At least Nottingham is top of the league in something then....
Milky Posted 23 May 2006 Posted 23 May 2006 i've already spent 7 months in nottingham, and i have a couple more years left yet. help
Gamesmaster Posted 23 May 2006 Posted 23 May 2006 At least Nottingham is top of the league in something then.... Didnt they win 31 games between them last season, more crime
john_lcfc Posted 23 May 2006 Posted 23 May 2006 how did leicester do? were we near the top i heard we were top of the assaults list? <_<
Steven Posted 28 May 2006 Author Posted 28 May 2006 i've already spent 7 months in nottingham, and i have a couple more years left yet. help Hang in there, you can do it.
vanfox12 Posted 29 May 2006 Posted 29 May 2006 how did leicester do? were we near the top i heard we were top of the assaults list? <_< Too True - the east midlands is the hellhole of the Country.
DanTheFoxBhoy Posted 29 May 2006 Posted 29 May 2006 how did leicester do? were we near the top i heard we were top of the assaults list? <_< Nothin' wrong with a good punch up Australia was founded on a punch-on over a lager. Let's leave the more disreputable encounters to your Nottingham neighbours!
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