Burglaries in Hull – are they up or down?
As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, stats are notoriously difficult to believe, let alone the spin that surrounds them.
However, even I couldn’t quite believe the following two articles which appeared on the Hull Daily Mail’s website:
Article 1, featured online on Tues 7th April
“Burglaries in Hull at all-time low”
Quick summary: Hull has always had a bad reputation for being a hotspot when it comes to burglaries, but new figures are showing that offences are dropping in our local area. Burglaries have fallen seven per cent from April last year to the end of March this year, which has been attributed to a specialist team set up to tackle house burglaries just over two years ago.
Yet….
Article 2, featured online on Tues 14th April
“Hull eighth-worst burglary hotspot in country”
Quick summary: People in Hull have an above average chance of becoming a victim of burglary and we are ranked as the eighth worst hotspot in the UK. In fact, we are 37% more likely to be burgled than the national average.
So there you have it, burglaries are up AND down.
Admittedly the Mail acknowledged that the latest survey results come just a week after revealing that Hull’s burglary rate was at an historic low, but it just when you thought it was safe to go out…
Interestingly, the stats both come from obvious sources – Humberside Police will understandably go to great lengths to take pride in their successful targeting of burglary, whereas the second figures (ranking us eighth) are from Endsleigh Insurance. Now, what would be their interest in allowing us to believe we are at risk do you think?
Tags: Crime in Hull, Humberside Police
