Dec 22, 2020
An estate’s above-average crime rate can be partly explained by its street layout, a senior police officer has said.
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An aerial view showing Brookside in Telford. Photo: Google
South Telford Safer Neighbourhood Inspector Sean Brennan said Brookside in Telford was built “cheaply and quickly” using a layout that left cars out of their owners’ sight and gave thieves easy escape routes through a “network of criss-crossing alleyways”.
Insp Brennan was talking to West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion about a £550,000 grant the force has received from the Home Office’s £25 million Safer Streets Fund, which aims to fight burglary, robbery and theft.