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Crime imposes economic costs, reinforces social exclusion and can hasten the environmental decline of neighbourhoods. Fear of crime can make people reluctant to walk or even use public transport or go out after dark. Much acquisitive crime, such as shop lifting and burglary, is committed by drug-misusing...

The indicators in this section were designed to provide a simple indicator of the characteristics of an area, and of the similarity between areas, for comparison or targeting purposes, and as a variable for analysis with other data and to provide a measure of deprivation at local level.

Please note that this LBOI indicator 6.1 has been discontinued and there will be no future updates.