Police website now allows viewing of public places (From Bromsgrove Advertiser)
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Police website now allows viewing of public places
4:30pm Wednesday 1st February 2012 in News
Police website: The website which allows Bromsgrove residents to see what offences have taken place in a street, now includes public places. Ref:s
A POLICE website, which allows Bromsgrove residents to see what offences have taken place in their street, has been expanded.
The website, www.police.uk, launched a year ago and proved so popular it crashed on launch day.
The crime mapping website uses online maps which allow people logging on to see recorded crime levels in their streets, during the last month.
Information on crime and anti-social behaviour can be searched simply by entering a street name or postcode.
The website, the most popular government site which cost £300,000 to develop, was expanded yesterday, (January 31), and now allows visitors to look at the figures for public spaces including railway stations, nightclubs, shopping centres, hospitals, sports grounds, supermarkets, parks and the areas around prisons and police stations.
Although particular places or businesses are not named, clicking on the crime spots will say, for instance, at or near “nightclub” or “supermarket”, and residents living nearby will be able to work out where the crimes have taken place.
The December figures showed there were two incidents of shoplifting, one of criminal damage and arson, and one of other crime at ASDA supermarket, while there was only one recorded crime for Bromsgrove Police Station, listed as drugs.
The website says Love2Love nightclub had one violent crime, and three incidents of anti-social behaviour.
Morrisons supermarket figures are recorded as one anti-social behaviour crime, one for shoplifting and one for other crime.
In Rubery, the police station recorded one violent crime, two criminal damage and arson, and one other theft.
The figures for Rubery Great Park show nine crimes of anti-social behaviour, one for vehicle crime and two other crimes.
From May, the website is expected to carry details of what happens after a crime has occurred, including the response or if a conviction was brought.
