Units 4, 5, 24, 31 task 4 secondary evidence

1. Units 4, 5, 24, 31 - Task 4
Secondary Evidence
Lauren Rosenfeld, Ben Karrass, Millie West, Ben
Goldstone & Nikon Ahamed

2. Metropolitan Police Figures - LR
The Metropolitan Police statistics show that the total
amount of crime in Redbridge for 2016-2017 were
36,993. As we are focusing on the rising crime rates for
our social action project, this is further evidence for us
to prove that crime rates are high. We will need to be
clear in our video that the most prevalent crimes within
Redbridge are theft and handling (14,227) and violence
against the person (11,473). These crimes are what we
will be focusing on mostly, as the most people are
affected, and by using these statistics we can shock
people into being more aware, and create a moral
panic.
When interviewing people for our questionnaire, the results were split almost 50/50 when asked if they feel
safe or not, showing that people do not feel safe within the borough. Once we told them exactly how many
crimes occurred throughout the year, many were shocked and this is yet another reason why we need to
create the social action project, to educate people.

3. Office for National Statistics - BK
Crime rate has increased massively in the
past 36 years. We know this as on the chart
we are able to see that the police back in
1981 recorded a maximum of 2964 crimes in
December. However, now in 2017 the police
have recorded 5157 crimes ending the year in
july. Crime is rising every year and people
need to find ways on stopping it. The worst
date recorded was in the year 2004 where
just over 6000 crimes were recorded. After
2004 crime started to decrease but now crime
has gotten worse and risen again, this needs
to be stopped as it can get worse by the year.
New rules need to be in place to stop crime
from occurring in the UK.

4. Crime + ASB Breakdown for Redbridge Borough Council - LR
This is the Redbridge Crime Statistics breakdown, which
shows the crime rates from September 2016 to August
2017. The highest crime was anti social behaviour, violent
crime and vehicle crime. This tells us that we need to find a
solution to the crimes that are happening, and to help us
do this, we need to enlist the help of the neighbourhood
through our social action project. When we get in touch
with residents of the local neighbourhood, we can find our
what they think need to be done in order to stop these
crimes from occurring in the future. We will also need to be
clear during the video about how high the crime rate is, by
showing these statistics to the audience. Also, with the
population on the rise in Redbridge (296,800 as at 30 June
2015, an increase of 3,800 since 30 June 2014), there is
an increasing chance that more people will become a
victim of crime, further prompting us to find a solution,
before it becomes unmanageable.

5. The Peaks and Dips in Crime Statistics - MW
When researching into other people's investigations
regarding crime, we found out that most crime seemed to
peak between mid April to mid May. Using this possible
unexpected information we can try to discover the means
and the causes for the sudden spike in crime at this time in
the year. If we do so, we may then be able to crack down
on it, trying to decrease the high percentages of crime at
this point in the year. This may be through extra CCTV
systems, more police guarding and protecting citizens and
their societies from crime and other uses of regulations put
in place to try and help reduce the amount of crime during
the spring sector of the year. In contrast, we see a general
dip in the amount of crime between the festive winter
seasons of mid December and mid January. (The only
exception of a crime that peaked at this time, was
burglary. This is most likely to have a correlation to the
festive season.) Using this information we can try and find
out why there seems to be a dip in the amount of crime,
and how the dip may seem to be done. We can then use
this knowledge and some of those ideas used in the end
months of the year to help and try to decrease the amount
of crime in other parts of the year.
Graph can be found at:
http://www.ukcrimestats.com/Subdivisions/LBO/2497/

6. General Patterns - MW
There are a few general patterns that can be seen in crime statistics, both in London and the London Borough of
Redbridge. As shown on the previous slide, our secondary evidence educated us about the months where there
were high amounts of crime, including those such as April, and May which had even higher crime peaks. Aside
from the annual statistics, The London Borough of Redbridge Council carried out research in June of 2014. Three
years later in the summer of 2017 the same research task was conducted. The use of the three-year research task
was to identify any differences between the first set of data and the second. This data did in fact reveal that, in the
summer of 2014, there were 17 crimes occurring daily, per 1000 residents. In June 2017, a dramatic increase was
seen in these statistics. The newly conducted research showed that 19 crimes were occurring daily, per 1000
residents. These statistics could be due to an increase in the Borough’s population, yet, these numbers are still
way too high, and something must be done. Regulations and laws must be either, put in place or tightened to try to
reduce these figures.
Metropolitan Police Statistics proved that, compared to other areas around London, Redbridge came 11th highest
in terms of the amount of crime reported and detected by the police. Although our crime rates are lower than the
average amount of crime, this placing compared to other boroughs, is again way too high.

7. The Newspapers and Tabloids
Newspapers, tabloids, magazines and other forms of traditional media are
excellent and prime examples of secondary evidence regarding crime. As seen
on the right, inserting the word ‘Crime’ into the search engine on both the ‘Ilford
Recorder’ and ‘The Guardian’ websites produce worrying figures. WIthout
scrolling through articles upon articles regarding crime, the first figures you
seen is ‘1-10 of 353’ (Ilford Recorder) and ‘1-10 of 72,110’ (The Guardian).
These initial figures that are seen are horrifying. Each and every one of these
articles are crime related and the number of stories to choose from to read are
extremely high.
After scrolling through the lists of various crime related articles, shocking
stories such as ‘Redbridge man left with ‘serious’ facial injuries being hit with
metal bar in burglary’ and ‘Boy, 17, shot in fast food restaurant in Wood Street,
Walthamstow’ arise. These as well many more pieces of secondary evidence
enforce the importance of trying to lower crime statistics. This is why we have
chosen to centre our social action project around the the high figures of crime.

8. Where the most crime happens - NA
When researching, we’ve found out that crimes are increasingly a more
common issue, especially knife crimes which are a more common issue in
North London where there are many gang related events that include the use
of knife. Haringey was the capital's knife crime hotspot where 60 stabbings
occurred between 2012 and 2014. London Road in Croydon had the second
highest number of stabbings, with 29 incidents recorded in the same time
period, while Old Kent Road in Southwark was third with 28 reported
stabbings.
In total 9,666 stabbings were recorded across the city in the three year period,
although annual numbers have remained fairly constant, with 3242 incidents
in 2012, 3113 in 2013, and 3311 recorded last year.
This is a clear sign of knife crime being an issue that is not addressed enough
in our opinion as we want to raise awareness.
The worst five London
boroughs for knife crime
in 2012-14
Southwark 605
Lambeth 599
Newham 555
Haringey 482
Ealing 443

9. The guardian report on burglary - NA
Research show that households in parts of Ilford, east
London, suffer the worst rates of burglary in the UK,
according to insurance forms, although the number of
break-ins continues to fall nationally. Analysis of 1.8m
home insurance quotes by Moneysupermarket.com over
the past five years names the IG4 postcode, covering an
area between Redbridge and Gants Hill in east London,
naming them as worst for burglary across the UK.
Alongside those areas, other neighbour areas next to
Redbridge, including Barkingside, Hainault, Clayhall
include one of the worst parts for break-ins.
Top 3 burglary hotspots include
1. IG4 Redbridge (Ilford) 54.7
2. N20 Whetstone, Totteridge, Oakleigh Park
(north London) 52.6
3. RM6 Chadwell Heath, Marks Gate, Little
Heath, Goodmayes (north), Hainault (South)
(Romford) 51.5

10. Ilford Recorder Report on Rise in Crime BG
http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/rise-in-recorded-
sexual-offences-and-violent-crime-in-redbridge-
1-4065279 The Office for National Statistics, which
produced its own figures, largely in line with the Met’s, said
the rise reflects a greater willingness of victims to come
forward.Redbridge borough commander Det Ch Supt Sue
Williams acknowledged this, but said the rise was mainly
down to a crackdown on prostitutes and kerb crawlers.She
told the Recorder: “Where people have been abused in the
past, they have more confidence than ever to come forward.
We have had a few of those – not a lot – but the majority of
the rise will have been through the work we have done to
combat prostitution in the south of the borough.

11. Ilford Recorder Report on Rise in Crime
Overall Crime March 2013 - 2014 - 20,044 March 2014 - 2015 - 20,089 Year-on-year change
Rape and other sexual offences March 2013 - 2014 - 367 March 2014 - 2015 - 486 Year-on-year change
Violence against the person March 2013 - 2014 - 4,557March 2014 - 2015 - 5,842Year-on-year change
Domestic crime March 2013 - 2014 - 1,921March 2014 - 2015 - 2,158Year-on-year change
Burglary March 2013 - 2014 - 2,891March 2014 - 2015 - 2,533Year-on-year change
Robbery March 2013 - 2014 - 884 March 2014 - 2015 - 704 Year-on-year change
Motor vehicle crime March 2013 - 2014 - 3,157March 2014 - 2015 - 2,525 Year-on-year change

12. Crimestoppers- BK
https://crimestoppers-uk.org/in-your-area/london/
With over 8 million people living in london people can really make a difference with
stopping crimes in their local area. Websites such as crimestoppers-uk.org
premote services across 32 boroughs of london. Having a company that works
with the metropolitan police can show that taking part in stopping crime with this
service can really help the community and make a difference. London
Neighbourhood Watch and the London Voluntary Service Council also help make
london a safer place to live with less crime happening in the areas. People can
report crime with your identity being hidden so people won't find out how the police
and the crime stoppers got their information.

13. Victim support BG
https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/help-and-support/get-help/support-near-
you/london/east-london