London crime map

This is interesting: London crime maps courtesy of the Metropolitan Police. The information is presented with a fine degree of granularity, going down to a sub–ward level, which is essentially a couple of dozen streets (according to this article, it could have been on an even more detailed street–by–street basis, but this was ruled out on privacy grounds). I wonder whether my household insurance quote will go down, because although in about the highest risk postcode in the country according to the insurers, it appears that I am in a lower risk sub–ward. One can live in hope. The likely impact on property prices would appear to be favourable also. In any event, it is good to know that when walking the neighbourhood streets and when asleep in bed at night, I am at least in the nice part of Shitville.

Labels: crime, london