Tip-offs - UK - Two crimes every day spotted on city buses
Edinburgh,Scotland,UK -Scotsman, by ALAN MCEWEN -4 Oct 2005: -- More than two crimes a day have been reported taking place on buses in Edinburgh following a police crackdown... Police received dozens of crucial tip-offs from passengers who were encouraged to call the Crimestoppers hotline during a recent publicity blitz... New figures today revealed that a rising number confidential calls were made during the month-long campaign... Crimes such as assault, vandalism and theft were reported to the phoneline providing vital intelligence and sparking new lines of inquiry... Bus crime is rising 50 per cent year on year, with 396 incidents reported between August 2004 and January this year, compared with 265 for the same period a year earlier...
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