Originally Posted by TheCreature (Post 11059049)

I guess so. Most of those stats are miles away from reality anyway. The vast majority of crime, particularly in reasonably high crimes areas, goes unreported anyway.

Originally Posted by TheCreature (Post 11080719)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-approval.html

"Amid widespread evidence of fiddling by police forces, the UK Statistics Authority withdrew its stamp of approval from the data"

I did say they were rubbish.

Originally Posted by Pistolpete2 (Post 11081182)

It's OK, I read of the same withdrawal in the Guardian. For those who don't believe anything in the Guardian it was in the DT, for those who don't believe...........

Originally Posted by Hino (Post 11055191)

For those of you thinking of moving back and wondering if things have changed in your old area, here is a handy link to Police UK which maps all reported crime in a certain postcode.

Presently there are over 2,300,000 reported victims of crime every year in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. So using this search engine might mean the difference between having a pleasant day out and becoming a statistic.

Also a good tool for checking on the area surrounding any hotel you might be thinking of booking.

Just punch the postcode into the search engine and it will give you an update on the level of crime in that area.

http://www.police.uk/#search

Originally Posted by TheCreature (Post 11082555)

Hmmm.. indeed. I forget sometimes that's it vital to quote the 'right' newspaper otherwise the story must be a lie.

Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 11088980)

I wouldnt even trust the date on the front page to be accurate when talking about the Daily Fail.

Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 11088980)

I wouldnt even trust the date on the front page to be accurate when talking about the Daily Fail.

Originally Posted by cheers (Post 11089577)

Chris I was trying to find your recent post about the area you are in that has reasonable prices and I cant find it. Scottish borders.........where

Daily Mail, that came through our postbox every morning and was read by my father but I think it merged with a racy newspaper so it may not be the same newspaper.

I'm looking for a good newspaper to read and I think the Guardian maybe worth a try.

Cheers

Originally Posted by cheers (Post 11089577)

Chris I was trying to find your recent post about the area you are in that has reasonable prices and I cant find it. Scottish borders.........where

Daily Mail, that came through our postbox every morning and was read by my father but I think it merged with a racy newspaper so it may not be the same newspaper.

I'm looking for a good newspaper to read and I think the Guardian maybe worth a try.

Cheers

Originally Posted by old.sparkles (Post 11089598)

Chris is in Utopia which is part of Herefordshire :lol: