WELCOME FALL IN BRIGG CRIME

Crime has shown another welcome decrease in Brigg - a fact that should not go unreported despite most people's minds being focused, understandably, on the current Coronavirus emergency.
Latest figures released through www.police.uk show 40 crimes recorded during February 2020 - a decrease of six on the previous month.

BRIGG CRIMES - FEBRUARY 2020

• Anti-social behaviour 5
• Bicycle theft 0
• Burglary 4
• Criminal damage and arson 3
• Drugs 0
• Other crime 1
• Other theft 3
• Possession of weapons 0
• Public order 7
• Robbery 0
• Shoplifting 0
• Theft from the person 0
• Vehicle crime 2
• Violence and sexual offences 15

Humberside Police statistics  cover a one-mile radius from the town centre, which includes some parts of neighbouring parishes, and three 'Brigg' crimes were reported on the Waters Edge housing estate, Broughton.
There were 17 crimes in Brigg town centre during February, plus six on the Newlands housing estate.