Tuesday, August 05, 2014

BIG RISE IN BRIGG CRIME DURING JUNE

The website police.uk has just  issued the crime figures for Brigg during June, showing twice as many incidents when compared with the previous month.
Brigg has a relatively low level of crime, which makes there official figures somewhat surprising. Hopefully it's just a blip. 
The locations of the 42 crimes were spread across the town. View them here 
Worst affected areas were on/near Foxglove Close and Cary Lane/Barnard Avenue.

May 2014 June 2014
All crime 20 42
Anti-social behaviour 5 12
Bicycle theft 1 4
Burglary 1 0
Criminal damage and arson 3 8
Drugs 1 0
Other crime 0 0
Other theft 1 3
Possession of weapons 0 0
Public order 1 0
Robbery 0 0
Shoplifting 4 2
Theft from the person 0 0
Vehicle crime 1 4
Violence and sexual offences 2  9  

Crimes for previous months in 2014 were:
April - 35
March - 30
February - 44
January - 31.