Twenty-four were in the town centre, five near Grammar School Road, four off Bridge Street and four on the Newlands estate.
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To put March's 48 crimes into perspective, here are comparative monthly totals for the past year...
February 2016 - 48 crimes
January 2016 - 45 crimes
December 2015 - 39 crimes
November 2015 - 34 crimes
October 2015 - 39 crimes
September 2015 - 30 crimes
August 2015 - 43 crimes
July 2015 - 60 crimes
June 2015 - 42 crimes
May 2015 - 46 crimes
April 2015 - 41 crimes
March 2015 - 35 crimes
The area covered by the statistics is within a one-mile radius of the police station in Barnard Avenue (pictured above).