I wonder if we are not a bit hasty in assuming that our Borders crime figures (including TD15 outside Berwick itself) are more favourable than in the urban English bits of the same postcode. They don't seem to be. In Berwick's case the crime figures are well below the English Average.

In the Borders (see below) some of the offences are at or above the Scottish Average which admittedly may not be exactly the same as England but I doubt if there is much difference. In the table below the first figure is the Borders crime count, the second the Scottish average. You will note that we don't do well on sexual crime (and Lewdness!) above average in Fraud. 'Other dishonesty' is almost double the national average.But the figures for car crime including speeding are incredibly ( and I think this is the word) low. So a change in tactics sems necessary viz a viz insurance companies-use the Borders figures for car insurance (but will they believe our application-with high dishonesty markings?) and TD15 (Berwick) for everything else.



NON-SEXUAL CRIMES OF VIOLENCE
16
30.0
Serious Assault etc.
8
15.0
Robbery
1
8.0
Other Violence
7
7.0
CRIMES OF INDECENCY
12
13.0
Rape & Attempted Rape
2
2.0
Sexual Assault
3
3.0
Lewd & Libidinous Practices
6
5.0
Other Indecency
2
3.0
CRIMES OF DISHONESTY
248
417.0
Housebreaking
29
72.0
Theft by opening lockfast places
13
15.0
Theft from a Motor Vehicle
15
53.0
Theft of Motor Vehicle
15
35.0
Shoplifting
29
55.0
Other Theft
91
143.0
Fraud
31
30.0
Other Dishonesty
25
14.0
FIRE-RAISING, VANDALISM, ETC.
174
205.0
Fireraising
6
8.0
Vandalism etc.
168
197.0
OTHER CRIMES
108
153.0
Crimes against Public Justice
33
51.0
Handling offensive weapons
12
18.0
Drugs
63
84.0
Other
0
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MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES
225
358.0
Petty Assault
92
113.0
Breach Of The Peace
99
154.0
Drunkenness
3
15.0
Other Misc. Offences
31
76.0
MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENCES
1
844.0
Dangerous & Careless Driving
17
24.0
Drunk Driving
20
23.0
Speeding
1
394.0
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
94
180.0
Vehicle Defect Offences
75
76.0
Other M V Offences
102
147.0
Police force
Lothian & Borders Police

All crime statistics above are per 10,000 population within your local authority area.


Worth thinking about.




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