FORDINGBRIDGE councillors have expressed concerns over a “worrying” increase in crime. Fordingbridge Town Council at its annual meeting discussed a police report giving 12 month comparisons of May 2019 to 2020 and May 2020 to 2021. It showed an increase of 68 in the total number of crimes which were up from 318 to 386. The meeting heard there had been an increase in violent, theft and drugs offences.
What the mayor and deputy mayor said Mayor Edward Hale said: “It is rather depressing, isn’t it? A few of the categories have come down slightly but three categories have gone up 50 per cent which is very worrying.”