LATEST BRIGG CRIME FIGURES

Latest crime statistics for Brigg have been made public through www.police.uk
They give the figures for August, when 47 crimes were recorded within a one mile radius of our police station - seven fewer crimes than during July.

AUGUST 2016 CRIME CATEGORIES

• Anti-social behaviour 6
• Bicycle theft  4
• Burglary 2
• Criminal damage and arson 9
• Drugs  0
• Other crime 2
• Other theft 7
• Possession of weapons 0
• Public order 1
• Robbery  0
• Shoplifting 3
• Theft from the person 0
• Vehicle crime 2
• Violence and sexual offences 11

TOTAL 47

Officers say: "Please visit https://www.police.uk/shape/ChzFpj/  for more information, including outcomes for these crimes and contact information for your local policing team."
Brigg Blog always likes to put the crime "stats" into perspective.
We are fortunate to live in a town where most folk are law-abiding and where relatively few incidents need the police.
We also like to compare the latest monthly figures with the same month in years gone by.
Brigg Blog does this because some months of the year see more crime than others.

• August 2016 - 47 crimes
• August 2015 - 43 crimes
• August 2014 - 33 crimes
• August 2013 - 37 crimes
• August 2012 - 52 crimes
• August 2011 - 58 crimes

From that we conclude August 2016 was a pretty average month.

PICTURED: A police car on patrol in Brigg.