Bradley Stoke ranked as low crime area
Posted on Thursday 8th January 2009 at 2:24 pm by SH (Editor)
New crime maps published by Avon and Somerset Police show Bradley Stoke to be an island of low crime incidence within South Gloucestershire.
The town’s crime figures fall into the ‘below average’ category, meaning that the crime rate is between 12.5% and 37.4% of the national average.
Neighbouring areas Stoke Gifford, Winterbourne and Severnside all fall into the ‘average’ category while Patchway has a ‘high’ rating.
At district level, South Gloucestershire is said to have an ‘average’ crime rate, compared to the ‘high’ rating of Bristol.
The only crime category for which South Gloucestershire receives an above average rating is ‘fraud and forgery’.
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