Chris Herrings' 2009 Crime Report
Bottisham Crime Statistics for period 02/12/09 - 24/12/09
There were 3 crimes reported: A dwelling burglary where an unknown offender had gained entry to agarage, via a window. however, nothing appears to have been taken.Theft of an insecure pedal cycle taken from a residential property by anunknown offenderOne incident of a domestic assault from which enquiries are on going.
Swaffham Bulbeck Crime Statistics for period 02/12/09 - 24/12/09
There were 4 crimes reported:
One dwelling burglary where a small amount of jewellery was taken. This has not been recovered.
There were two incidents of theft from vehicles (unattended in car parks whilst owners out walking their dogs).
One domestic assault between brothers.
Swaffham Prior Crime Statistics for period 02/12/09 - 24/12/09
3 Crimes reported:
Theft of scaffolding tower and damage to wooden trestles, by unknownoffenders, from work site at Scout Hut
Criminal damage to front door of a residential property and spray paint on pavement on Mill Hill.
A crime of growing cannabis (4 plants) has been recorded with one person having been arrested
Burwell Crime statistics 02/12/09 24/12/09
There have been a total of 7 reported crimes in Burwell through the month of December.
2 crimes have been thefts of items from front gardens.
There have been 3 criminal damages where on 2 occasions a brick has been thrown at different houses and caused damage to the property and one where an unknown person has cut down a Christmas tree in somebody s front garden.
One car was stolen
There was a crime reported of a sensitive nature but this was an isolated incident.
The suspect has been named and enquiries are still ongoing.
This is a dramatic drop in crimes compared to last months 21 reported crimes.
Lode Crime statistics 02/12/09 24/12/09
There have not been any crimes reported this month for Lode.
I have now been on the beat area for about 4 months. Over that time we made one of the biggest drugs seizures of Cannabis resin in over 5 years in the Cambridge area.The East Cambridgeshire neighbourhood team currently has a crime detection rate of 26.8% which is 2.8% up on 2008, with around 250 fewer crimes being reported.
I personally have made 68 arrests this year for all manner of offences and have been the first attending officer to over 145 incidents and have been to many more. This may not seem like many but if you put this in the context of my shift pattern, abstractions for force operations, meetings and the amount of paperwork I have to do I can assure you this is a large amount of work.
So what now? As ever we are measured on our performance. As a local team the aim is to prevent crime and when it does occur to try and detect it.The aim for 2010 is 29% of crimes to be detected and a further reduction in total recorded crime. You can help us achieve this. Most of our workcomes from intelligence. Using information provided by you helps us to target specific people and addresses allowing us to work more effectively. So no matter how small a snippet of information you may have it could be the one final piece of the jigsaw we need to get another criminal off the streets. If you have any information you can pass it to us by subscribing to the E-COPS system via our force website or you can contact the Police service centre on 0345 456456 or by calling crime stoppers on 0800 555 111. Thank you for you continued support and have a very happy new year.