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| Wales' police launch crime maps | Wales' police launch crime maps |
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| Three Welsh police forces are launching interactive crime maps on their websites, with a fourth due to go live by the end of the week. | Three Welsh police forces are launching interactive crime maps on their websites, with a fourth due to go live by the end of the week. |
| The maps will allow local residents to see the latest local crime information, including where incidents have happened and how crime is being tackled. | The maps will allow local residents to see the latest local crime information, including where incidents have happened and how crime is being tackled. |
| The maps are part of a UK government commitment made earlier this year to strengthen community engagement. | The maps are part of a UK government commitment made earlier this year to strengthen community engagement. |
| South Wales, Gwent and North Wales' maps are accessible from Wednesday. | South Wales, Gwent and North Wales' maps are accessible from Wednesday. |
| Crimes detailed online BurglaryRobberyVehicle crimeViolence against a personNumber of anti-social behaviour reports | Crimes detailed online BurglaryRobberyVehicle crimeViolence against a personNumber of anti-social behaviour reports |
| Dyfed-Powys's site is expected to be ready on Friday once translations have been completed. | |
| The maps can be reached from the front page of the forces' websites and will enable readers to view data by ward level, check if crime rates are below or above average, and compare them to the same time the previous year. | The maps can be reached from the front page of the forces' websites and will enable readers to view data by ward level, check if crime rates are below or above average, and compare them to the same time the previous year. |
| Users can input postcodes into the interactive maps to identify different kinds of crime. | Users can input postcodes into the interactive maps to identify different kinds of crime. |
| class="lp" href="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5818">HAVE YOUR SAY class="" href="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5818"> I live right in the city centre in a top band insurance postcode and have never even seen a punch-up much less a murder. The problem with these maps is that no-one will believe themPeter Sym, Nottingham | |
| South Wales Police assistant chief constable Nick Croft said: "The site allows us to give much clearer information to our communities in relation to levels of crime on a ward by ward basis. | |
| "The crime mapping site will complement our neighbourhood policing website, enabling people to see what is being done to tackle local priorities and contribute towards on going police and partnership activity." | "The crime mapping site will complement our neighbourhood policing website, enabling people to see what is being done to tackle local priorities and contribute towards on going police and partnership activity." |
| Chief Insp Simon Jeffreys from Gwent Police said the maps would give people an "accurate picture of crime in their communities". | Chief Insp Simon Jeffreys from Gwent Police said the maps would give people an "accurate picture of crime in their communities". |
| North Wales' Deputy Chief Constable Clive Wolfendale added: "Our website now offers lots of ways for the public to interact with the force and we are developing new services all the time". | North Wales' Deputy Chief Constable Clive Wolfendale added: "Our website now offers lots of ways for the public to interact with the force and we are developing new services all the time". |
| Dyfed-Powys Police Assistant Chief Constable Nick Ingram said the maps enabled the force to show how safe the area was with "relatively low levels of crime and high detection rates". | Dyfed-Powys Police Assistant Chief Constable Nick Ingram said the maps enabled the force to show how safe the area was with "relatively low levels of crime and high detection rates". |