The Metropolitan Police have released the latest crime statistics for Newham and they don’t make for happy reading, with a 4% year-on-year increase.
While robberies and residential burglaries are down, violent crime – murder, assault, rape and other sexual assaults – are all up. As is gun crime – up 27%.
Also worrying are the significant increases in hate crime.
| Yr to June 16 | Yr to June 15 | Diff. | % change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Crimes | 30,266 | 29,190 | 1,076 | 4% |
| Homicide | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Violence Against the Person | 9,853 | 8,580 | 1,273 | 15% |
| Rape | 296 | 278 | 18 | 6% |
| Other Sexual | 522 | 437 | 85 | 19% |
| Robbery (Total) | 1,237 | 1,507 | -270 | -18% |
| Robbery (Person) | 1,164 | 1,417 | -253 | -18% |
| Robbery (Business) | 73 | 90 | -17 | -19% |
| Burglary (Total) | 2,245 | 2,178 | 67 | 3% |
| Burglary Residential | 1,366 | 1,409 | -43 | -3% |
| Burglary Non-Residential | 879 | 769 | 110 | 14% |
| Gun Crime | 116 | 91 | 25 | 27% |
| Motor Vehicle Crime | 3,301 | 3,280 | 21 | 1% |
| Domestic Crime | 3,440 | 3,097 | 343 | 11% |
| Racist & Religious Hate Crime | 508 | 438 | 70 | 16% |
| Homophobic Crime | 52 | 58 | -6 | -10% |
| Anti-Semitic Crime | 7 | 3 | 4 | 133% |
| Islamophobic Crime | 68 | 27 | 41 | 152% |
Although it’s not obvious from these figures, reducing crime is one of the mayor’s ‘priorities’:
In 2015 we funded 40 police officers to help us tackle rogue landlords, crack down on dodgy traders and catch those who fly-tip.
Those officers cost an extra £425,000 a year. And, as important as rogue traders and fly-tipping are, residents might question how effectively that money is being spent.
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£425k for 40 officers? That j’ust a little over £10k each per year. Do we really have minimum wage coppers?
Those are the numbers in the budget book. I’m guessing it’s not 40 full-time officers, but how much of their time Newham gets isn’t specified.
Link to the budget book: http://bit.ly/2bbBxS9
See pages 8, 12, 62, 70 and 75.
Am I missing something that would make the numbers more realistic?
it probably cost more than that to catch their own councillor noor ………..any news on him i doubt it , they will most likely let him suck the life out of the public purse instead owning up to anything .and we are talking keystone cops here so 10k might be right .