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CRIME
IN CHISWICK
A
report published by the Hounslow Community
Safety Partnership has for the first time revealed
detailed figures on crime within individual
Chiswick wards.
The
report concludes that Chiswick is "not
a significant crime hot-spot" but
points to the particularly high level of vehicle
crime.
For
the borough as a whole crime was down 7%
in the period covered by the report (year to
March 2001) but this was compared to an alarming
rise the year before. Car crime is falling
but street crime is rising at a rapid rate.
This can be partly attributed to the number
of thefts of mobile phones.
The
percentage of crimes committed in Chiswick
as a proportion of the total in Hounslow was
roughly in line with the percentage of households
in this area. The crimes that were more prevalent
in Chiswick were car related or street crimes
i.e. muggings.
One
of the most notable figures in the report was
the level of burglaries in Chiswick Homefields
which was one of the highest in the borough.
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Total
Crimes
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Burglary
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Burglaries
per 1000 households
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No.
of Households
|
Vehicle
crime
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Street
Crime
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| Chiswick
Homefields |
1,048
|
159
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57.4
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2,770
|
352
|
36
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| Chiswick
Riverside |
1,152
|
147
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33.6
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4,375
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331
|
42
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| Gunnersbury
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1,429
|
135
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27.4
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4,927
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421
|
26
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| Turnham
Green |
1,625
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164
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39.1
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4,194
|
460
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67
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| Chiswick
Total |
5,254
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605
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37.2
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16,266
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1,564
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171
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| Chiswick
as a %age of borough |
18.5%
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18.5%
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18.9%
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21.8%
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20.7%
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| Hounslow
Total |
28,461
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3,266
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37.9
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86,109
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7,170
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827
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The
Community Safety Partnership is, amongst other
things, seeking to have 25% borough coverage
by Neighbourhood Watch schemes. They are also
looking at recommendations for developing CCTV
though it is felt by local ward councillors
that the likelihood of this being introduced
in Chiswick in the short term is low.
Crime
in borough falls but muggings in Chiswick "a
problem"
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