Crime and Anti Social Behaviour
Crime figures in July and August have reduced. In July 2009 there were 61 crimes committed in Keswick compared to 53 in July 2010. Anti Social Behaviour saw 45 incidents in July 2009 compared with 21 in July 2010.
We are showing a steady and continuous reduction in recorded Anti Social Behaviour and we aim to ensure this continues.
Specific locations and individuals are being targeted with our patrol strategy and incidents are being dealt with at an earlier stage to stop them escalating into anything more serious.
The majority of crime is committed by opportunists so if you take away the opportunity you take away the crime. I hope our previous campaign in relation to basic crime prevention is proving its worth here as we find that thefts of pedal cycles and also from garden sheds etc has reduced significantly.
Age Concern have shed alarms available for purchase at £7.00 each.
We will continue to tackle your community priorities to create safer, stronger communities.
Offences of Note
In accordance with the principles of Safer Stronger Communities we undertake to keep you informed about incidents of interest to the community.
Last week two males from Liverpool were caught drilling a telephone kiosk on Penrith Road Keswick in an attempt to access the coin box and steal cash from within. An off duty officer witnessed the crime and as a result both males were arrested .
A male from york has been arrested for a number of charity box thefts which occurred in Keswick over the last 3-4 months.This male was wanted by a number of other forces for similar offences and has finally been located.
A female journalist from the north east was found guilty in her absence of 2x counts of sending a false message by public electronic communication network to cause annoyance inconvenience or anxiety on 26.11.09 falsly calling out mountain rescue during the time of the keswick floods.
2 local males were arrested for a burglary at hope park golf kiosk they were both dealt with by way of Restorative Justice involving the face to face meeting of the offenders the affected party, positive outcomes were agreed to the satisfaction of the victim.