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Burglary hotspots revealed
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| Nearly 3,000 homes were burgled in Haringey in the past year |
Three areas of Haringey are among the top five worst hotspots for burglaries in London, according to police figures.
Tottenham Green had the second highest burglary rate in the capital last year, with more than 21 crimes committed per 1,000 residents.
St Ann's and Harringay were named the third and fourth worst burglary hot spots, with 20 and 19 household thefts per 1,000 residents respectively.
The three wards came behind Cantelowes in Camden, which had more than 24 burglaries per 1,000 residents.
No other London borough featured as much in the top 20 most affected areas.
Also on the list was Stroud Green, the ninth most burgled ward in London. There were more than 17 break-ins per 1,000 residents there last year.
Councillor Ron Aitken, Liberal Democrat spokesman for crime and community safety, called on the police to do more.
"This is clearly a local problem," he said.
"Anyone who has been a victim of burglary will know how upsetting it is to come home to a burgled house.
"Haringey Council and the police need to be doing more to get the message out on what can be done to prevent this horrible crime and make sure the culprits are brought to justice."
Overall, the number of homes burgled in Haringey increased by 2.7 per cent from 2,761 in the 12 months to February 2007 compared with 2,837 in the past year.
However, Haringey police remain defiant.
Chief Inspector for community engagement, Shaun De Souza Brady, said: "Work is being done to deter the opportunist and to make premises harder to steal from.
"Crime prevention officers, volunteer police cadets and Safer Neighbourhoods teams target the worst affected areas with crime prevention advice, while providing reassurance and support."
Councillor Nilgun Canver, Labour cabinet member for crime and community safety, said the high number of properties, such as bedsits, containing more than one household could help to explain the burglary rate.
"I suspect these figures may be partly related to an increase in the number of houses in multiple occupation in these wards," she said, "as each unit within a property is counted in the official burglary figures if that property is burgled."
"We will continue to give our full support to the police's efforts to reduce burglaries and continue to support publicity campaigns to raise residents' awareness of the importance of making their home secure."
Beddington North, in Sutton, was named London's least burgled ward, with less than three such crimes per 1,000 residents.
8:52am Friday 28th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: factoid, chavtown on 7:33pm Sun 30 Mar 08
As we have a soft on crime country - this is no surprise. All a burglar has to say is 'i did it to buy drugs' he gets a lenient sentence from our toothless courts.
With a the reward / punishment ratio in favour of the burglar we will continue to see taxpayers being turned over!
Labours new motto - [italic]reward the criminal, Tax the victim[/italic] !
As we have a soft on crime country - this is no surprise. All a burglar has to say is 'i did it to buy drugs' he gets a lenient sentence from our toothless courts.
With a the reward / punishment ratio in favour of the burglar we will continue to see taxpayers being turned over!
Labours new motto -
reward the criminal, Tax the victim !
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