BIG RISE IN BRIGG CRIME RECORDED

Crime in Brigg rose by 82 per cent in a month, latest figures show.
There were 61 reported crimes during December 2019 after only 35 had taken place in November.
Details for December have been released through police.co.uk as follows:

• Anti-social behaviour 14
• Bicycle theft 0
• Burglary 1
• Criminal damage and arson 7
• Drugs 0
• Other crime 1
• Other theft 1
• Possession of weapons 1
• Public order 5
• Robbery    0
• Shoplifting 1
• Theft from the person 0
• Vehicle crime 2
• Violence and sexual offences 28

There were 12 crimes in/near the town centre, nine in the Bridge Street area and six on the Springbank housing estate.
The police statistics cover a one-mile radius from the town centre, which takes in parts of neighbouring parishes Scawby and Broughton.
Nine of the 61 offences recorded during December 2019 happened on/near the Waters Edge housing estate which is just outside the Brigg boundary.
December 2018 - in comparison - saw a total of 44 Brigg crimes; during December 2017 there were 41; in December 2016 there were 38.
So last month's 61-crime total is well up on previous years.
However, it only represents an average of two crimes a day across the town.