Crime hotspots in Britain

[melikepie]

Whilst this is a very general list, Stratford station comes in at number 1.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-crime-hotspots-revealed-50-5852573

Two years ago was similar

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23654997

[Hassaan]

Jun 28, 2015 22:42:39 GMT melikepie said:

Whilst this is a very general list, Stratford station comes in at number 1.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-crime-hotspots-revealed-50-5852573

Two years ago was similar

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23654997

Quite poorly compiled that list, using very obscure and even incorrect place names!

Number 5 is a road part of Heathrow Airport!
Number 9 is Hyde Park.
Number 11 is Marble Arch.
Number 19 is Wood Green Shopping City.
Number 23 is Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham.
And where on earth is "LONDON BORO"?!

Here is the list:

Top 50 list in full:
1) Meridian Square, Newham, London, E15 1XE - 158 crimes
2) Stansted Airport, Essex, CM24 1RW - 102
3) Newgate Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 5RF - 88
4) Bluewater Complex, Kent, DA9 9SR - 79
5) Wallis Road, Hillingdon, TW6 2GB - 77
6) Near Debenhams, Market Street, M60 1TA - 76
6) Westfield Shopping Centre, Hammersmith and Fulham, London, W12 7GD - 76
8) Piccadilly, Manchester, M1 1LR - 74
9) West Carriage Drive, City of Westminster, London, W2 2NB - 62
10) Sheil Place, Liverpool, L6 3AA - 57
11) Higher Educational Building, City of Westminster, London, W1K 7FE - 54
12) Bank Hey Street, Blackpool, FY1 4TH - 52
13) The Horsefair, Bristol, BS1 3DS - 49
13) Monument Hall Shopping Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7AL - 49
15) King Street, Nottingham, NG1 2AY - 47
15) Nightclub, Bloom Street, Manchester District M1 3LY - 47
17) Gatwick Airport terminal, West Sussex, RH6 0DY - 46
18) The Bullring, Birmingham, B5 4QL - 43
19) The Wellington Centre, Hampshire, GU11 1DY - 42
19) Oxford Street, City of Westminster, London, W1H 6HB - 42
19) St. Marys View, Watford, WD17 2BJ - 42
19) Parking Area, Haringey, London, N22 6YD - 42
23) Pedestrian Subway, Birmingham, B5 4BU - 40
23) Nightclub, West Quay Road, Southampton, SO15 1RE - 40
25) HMP Doncaster, Doncaster, DN5 8UX - 39
25) Nightclub, Wind Street, Swansea, SA1 1DH - 39
27) Arndale Centre, Manchester, M4 3AQ - 38
28) Supermarket, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 7JW - 37
28) Nightclub, Broad Street, Birmingham, B15 1AQ - 37
28) Subway, West Derby Road, Liverpool, L13 8AA - 37
28) Nightclub, Pepper Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 1DF - 37
28) White Rose Shopping Centre, Leeds, LS11 8LL - 37
28) Barnsley Market, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 1WA - 37
28) Laundry Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 6SJ - 37
28) Nun Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 5AG - 37
28) Normanby Road, Middlesbrough, Teesside, TS6 1BA - 37
37) Spital Hill ,Sheffield, S4 7LD - 36
37) Supermarket, Ripple Road, Dagenham, London Boro, RM9 6YA - 36
39) Great Russell Street, Camden, London, WC1B 3PA - 35
39) Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Barnet, London, NW4 3FT - 35
39) Gatwick Airport car park, West Sussex, RH6 0QH - 35
39) Nightclub, Camden High Street, Camden, London, NW1 8QP - 35
39) Supermarket, Tottenham Court Road, City of Westminster, London, W1D 1AT - 35
39) Intu Derby shopping centre, Derby, DE1 2NQ - 35
39) Westridge Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 2HL - 35
39) Gravel Street, Leicester, LE1 3AG - 35
39) Merry Hill Shopping Centre, Dudley, West Midlands - 35
39) High Street, Birmingham, B2 4RG - 35
39) Collingwood Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne District, NE1 1JF - 35
50) Birmingham Airport, Birmingham, B26 3TZ - 34

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This list relies on all crimes being reported, which we know they are not. Many of these places (nightclubs, supermarkets, airports) have police and security immediately available for crimes to be noted and reported. The biggest hot spots are areas where there is little trust in the police to do anything and thusly nothing gets reported. These areas are also areas where insurance isn't taken out because the cost is too expense: A home without insurance is 3 times more likely to be broken into. Of course this has nothing to do with the fact that it has no insurance, but is in a deprived area where insurance is a luxury. One of the main reasons burglary gets reported is that you need a crime number to make an insurance claim. There maybe anomalies in that list as well: Take one of the roads, for example. The road itself to an average resident might be no problem, but sadly one address might suffer from domestic violence or anti social behaviour making it a 'crime hot spot'.

[aslefshrugged]

It would appear that the "Higher Educational Building" referred to as No. 11 is Albemarle Private Sixth Form College, Dunraven Street, Mayfair (Headmaster I. S. Fagin, MA?)

No. 19 Oxford Street, City of Westminster, London, W1H 6HB is Selfridges

No. 37. Supermarket, Ripple Road, Dagenham, London Boro, RM9 6YA is a bit odd. For starters RM9 6YA is Burdetts Road not Ripple Road and there isn't a supermarket at that postcode. There's an ASDA nearby although the postcode for that is RM9 6JS and its address is Merrielands Crescen

No.39 Great Russell Street, Camden, London, WC1B 3PA is outside the front of the British Museum.

Also no.39 the Nightclub, Camden High Street, Camden, London, NW1 8QP is The Electric Ballroom

Another no.39 Supermarket, Tottenham Court Road, City of Westminster, London, W1D 1AT. The postcode is Oxford Street not TCR, specifically Primark 14-28 Oxford St.

So the crimes are shoplifting and pickpocketing with a bit of drunk & disorderly and Class B possession. I've been to all of those postcodes plus Meridian Square in Stratford on numerous occasions and never once been the victim of a crime although I have witnessed and even committed a few myself at NW1 8QP. Indeed some of the bands I saw there were truly criminal

As Hassaan says, a poorly compiled list.

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Great to see my hometown up there! Taunton's crime-ridden Naughty word status confirmed!

[superteacher]

Apr 12, 2018 10:40:46 GMT @81stock said:

Great to see my hometown up there! Taunton's crime-ridden Naughty word status confirmed!

Think your original description of Taunton fell foul of our swear filter!

Just for info, the unlocking of this old thread was requested by trt who I daresay has an update to post.

[trt]

Oh, I was looking for an appropriate place to post a link to this news article...

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/11/man-stabbed-east-london-train-station-stratford-rush-hour

about the Stratford stabbing, which is receiving some publicity in light of the "knife crime epidemic" the media are focussing on.
I wanted to put it in perspective, despite the appalling nature of this incident - peak time.