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Bridge Street In Northampton One Of The Nation's Worst For Muggings

Bridge Street in Northampton has the third highest number of pickpocketing & muggings in England, Wales and Scotland. An insurance company submiited FOI requests to police forces.

Bridge Street in Northampton has the third highest number of pickpocketing, muggings and bag snatches in England, Wales and Scotland.

It鈥檚 listed behind streets in Leeds and Nottingham in a report compiled from Freedom of Information requests to police forces across England, Scotland and Wales by the insurance company LV=.

Reporter Tom Percival, in Bridge Street, outlines the report鈥檚 contents, while reporter Elinor Cross talks to people in Bridge Street about their experience of the area.

Stuart talks to a Northampton town centre doorman 鈥淪cott鈥 (not his real name), and to Councillor Danielle Stone, the Northampton Borough Councillor for Bridge Street.

Also:

鈥 disappointment for Northampton Saints in the LV= Cup Final at Exeter
鈥 a task force to help those affected by redundancies at a Corby food factory meets again
鈥 visitors to Pitsford Reservoir are reminded that one of its routes will be temporarily closed
鈥 the Cobblers draw the latest match in their relegation battle

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Mon 17 Mar 2014 06:00

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  • Mon 17 Mar 2014 06:00

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