Using the Metropolitan Police website - http://www.met.police.uk/crimefigures/ - it has enabled me to look at the crime rates for individual boroughs, from which I can then see whether or not the bourough has seen an increase or a decrease in the total number of crimes including rape, robbery and racism.
This website allows me to pinpoint which boroughs recieve the highest crime rates - in this case its Westminster with a staggering 65,728 crimes from December '06 - December '07. In comparison the borough that recieved the lowest crime rates was Richmond-upon-Thames which had a total number of 12,490 crimes. My results show that the boroughs on the outskirts of London have a lower crime rate, whereas the city boroughs are the ones that attract the most crime. This could support the idea that the higher the poverty levels in a particular area, such as Newham (35,186), Southwark (39,955) and Hackney (32,649), the higher the crime levels. To contrast this, commuter-belt boroughs such as Harrow (13,851) and Kingston-upon-Thames (12,490) have the lowest crime rate......Does this suggest anything about the people living in particular areas or does this have nothing to do with it??
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