The Leiceatershire Constabulary online show statistics of recorded and detected crimes in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. They are divided into eleven catergories and present the previous month and year to date compared to the same period last year.
The statistics for Kirby Muxloe are:-
Recorded offences – incidents reported to the police as a crime defined within the law. For this period 2007/08 the figure remains a level 14. This highlights that although reported crime has neither increased or decreased.
In this catergory the problem to me is that a reported incident can be anything from criminal damage to homicide, so where the figure remains level the severity of the incident is not highlighted.
Detected crimes – reported incidents where a suspect has been identified and made aware that they are responsible for the crime, For this period 2007/08 the figure has decreased from 7 to 0. This highlights that the number of people identified has decreased.
In this category it appears to me, (the cynic) that they just haven’t managed to catche anyone, after all there were 14 incidents reported!
Well, I should think that this last few weeks should boost the crime figures for Kirby Muxloe quite nicely.
Stolen motorbike set fire to within the allyway on Barry Drive estate, causing an inferno that completely destroyed trees and fencing. Houses broken into on Barry Drive estate. One Stop broken into and of course there was the car that was set fire to next to Alliance & Leicester.
Do we still have a local bobby in Kirby Muxloe, because I haven’t seen one for months, if not years ?