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Crime On Ashmore Park & Coppice Farm Estate

Councillor Phil Bateman said "Crime is always a political issue and one where the political parties have strong views.

Therefore it is with a deal of pleasure that I note that Ashmore Park and Coppice Farm estates, which together form one of the biggest police beats in my Ward, have recorded just 375 crimes from October 06 through until September 07."

There are 7,800 individual persons in 3,400 households in these two estates, this is a big slice of Wednesfield North's population.

These are good strong crime figures and charts that in the last twelve months crime has dropped a remarkable 23% on these two important estates.

There is obviously a real need to keep driving crime figures down.

But I am very greatly encouraged by the latest statistics. It is of course worth noting that the Labour Government has put in more resources in the shape of PCSO's who are now very visible patrolling the two estates, along with the resident beat officers.

The top 5 crimes at the end of this period were;
Criminal Damage 94
Wounding 59
Burglary 30
Theft From Motor Vehicles 25
Theft of Pedal Cycles 15

I must admit to being concerned about the level of criminal damage and I am very surprised at the information concerning wounding. This figure needs more analysis to understand what is actually happening here. I will of course investigate and report.

So what is your view, I am keen to find out!"

Author: Phil Bateman

Article Date: 13th October 2007