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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/preston-tops-national-crime-map.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Theresa May said a street-by-street guide to crime would help people to find out what is really going on in their area" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-preston-tops-national-crime-map.jpg" alt="Theresa May said a street-by-street guide to crime would help people to find out what is really going on in their area"/></a></p>
<p>Glovers Court in Preston and its surrounding area is the most crime-ridden place in England and Wales, according to new figures.</p>
<p>More than 150 crimes and incidents of anti-social behaviour were reported on the street or nearby in December alone, including 44 violent crimes.</p>
<p>The crime rate was revealed in street-by-street crime maps designed to give people the information they need to hold their local police to account.</p>
<p>Home Secretary Theresa May said the maps, accessible online at www.police.uk, would help people find out what was really going on in their area.</p>
<p>There were 152 incidents of reported crime or anti-social behaviour on or near Glovers Court in December, including 44 violent crimes, 73 instances of anti-social behaviour, a robbery, a burglary and 33 other crimes. It is the highest figure for any street in England and Wales during December.</p>
<p>The Home Secretary denied that making such detailed information available would drive down house prices in a particular area.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not the existence of a map on a website that affects it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;This is giving people a real tool, real power to see that something is being done about crime in their area. This doesn&#8217;t make them frightened, it actually makes them feel a part of what is happening. This will give them the real facts and figures. This will make the police more accountable. It gives people a real tool to hold the police to account.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mrs May said the site, which cost £300,000 to develop, came &#8220;from a real feeling that people have lost confidence in national crime figures&#8221;.</p>
<p>Policing Minister Nick Herbert also insisted that the more detailed information would not increase the fear of crime.</p>
<p>It is the first time such detailed crime maps have been available for an entire country anywhere in the world.</p>
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