Annual General Meeting
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
Annual General Meeting
The Wenvoe Neighbourhood Watch AGM will be held at 8.00pm on Wednesday 8 February 2023 in the Community Centre. Any Resident is welcome to attend. Reports will be received and officers elected for the coming year.
Crime Nationally
A national Crime and Security survey took place in Autumn 2022 in England and Wales. It was an online survey resulting in just over 25,000 replies of which only 263 were from Wales. Whilst caution should be taken in interpreting results from such a survey, there was some interesting information.
30% think the police in their area do a good or excellent job.
23% of respondents had been a victim of crime in the past year. Of these the type of crime experienced was:
- Street harassment 36%
- Criminal damage 24%
- Online crime 16%
- Vehicle theft 15% (items from a vehicle or the vehicle itself)
Figures for burglary were interesting in that only 12% had been subject to burglary in the past year yet 63% worried about becoming the victim of a burglary.
Perception of crime levels also varied. Locally, concern centred around fly tipping (73%), speeding (73%), burglary (67%), and car crime (66%). Similar topics are reported at Co-ordinators meetings in Wenvoe. At a national level concern was about arguably more serious crimes, for example, terrorism and modern slavery.
Alan French