On-line crime stats give the local picture

A good exmaple of proactive information release from Avon and Somerset Police:

"Now the Avon and Somerset Constabulary is making crime statistics from beat level upwards available to all via the force’s award winning website. From Tuesday, June 1, 2004, members of the public will be able to input their postcode and view statistics for their area. Avon and Somerset Constabulary Internet Development manager Scott Fulton said: “This new initiative is as a result of the Freedom of Information Act and is designed to be an innovative approach to the release of crime information from the force"

www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/statistics