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6.8 Crime
Humberside Police provide a snapshot of recorded crime data and Command and
Control data to Citysafe from their live system on a monthly basis, and Citysafe have
provided the information below. The information is correct when given, but the crime
data is subject to change as records are updated; amendments are not reflected in the
statistics held by the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership.
Crime classifications are also subject to Home Office counting rules 14 which in general
means that different crimes which are reported at the same time (and often occurred at
the same time) are generally only counted once with the most serious crime recorded as
having occurred. Furthermore, there will be some crimes that are not reported to the
police. It is generally recognised from other sources such as the British Crime Survey
(Home Office 2009) that perhaps as low as 25% of all crimes are reported. Therefore,
the figures will be very misleading if it is assumed that these figures related to all
recorded crime. Nevertheless, the number of reported crimes presented in Table 46 will
give an indication of the level of crime across the different wards of Hull. Whilst some of
the actual numbers are small, these are produced at ward level on the internet (by the
Police) so are in the public domain.
It can be seen that Myton has the highest level of crime due to its city centre location.
The number of crimes does not take into account the number of dwellings, number of
businesses, population (resident, daytime or evening visitors, etc), number of vehicles,
etc. Therefore, it is not surprising that Myton ward has the highest levels of crime as the
daytime and evening visitors will be higher than the resident population, and the number
of businesses and vehicles will also be higher.
14 Details available from http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/countrules.html
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