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Crime Figures\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Last week I reported that total Police recorded crimes in Brighton and Hove is declining and promised to provide a little more detail. <\/span><\/p>\n

I mentioned this good news in order to show that all is not doom and gloom when examining the effectiveness of some of our public services<\/span><\/p>\n

In studying the detail I found that in the first half of 2015\/16 (April \u2013 September 2015) there were 11,649 police recorded crimes in Brighton and Hove compared with 11,292 for the same period last year. <\/span><\/p>\n

You may ask, as I did, if this is a typing error as surely this is an increase not a decrease. <\/span><\/p>\n

I then find that the headline in the council report means that the increase, yes the increase, is described as a decline because crime has gone up by 2.5% compared with a rise of 3.6% last year. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Crime has increased but less steeply than in 2014\/15. Violent crime resulting in injury has increased by 5% with 1,268 incidents. Convictions have gone down.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is against this background that Neighbourhood and Community Policing is being drastically cut if not ended. <\/span><\/p>\n

Police officers are being withdrawn from our neighbourhoods and our elected councillors say nothing. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner and senior police officers plough ahead with massive cuts that nationally are only exceeded by the cuts in Greater Manchester. <\/span><\/p>\n

The only opposition has come from community activists and the Police Federation representing police officers on the front line.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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