Stats About Security in Weston Super Mare
Weston Super Mare’s police force is the Avon and Somerset Constabulary. And a useful resource for any business owner concerned about their business’s security in Weston Super Mare, is the Police.UK crime statistic database.
As part of our on going efforts to increase security awareness, reduce crime and protect businesses in Weston Super Mare, security can be reviewed in part by looking at these publicly available stats, and trends can be determined.
The Biggest Concern Regarding Crime and Security in Weston Super Mare
According to the public figures, the biggest concern regarding crime and security in Weston Super Mare is, quite distinctively, anti-social behaviour. But what do the actual figures tell us about anti-social behaviour and the concerns it raises regarding security in Weston Super Mare?
If we look at the entire list of crimes reported in Weston Super Mare between May 2013 and December 2013, the public figures tell us that a total number of 954 crimes were reported and categorised as ‘anti social behaviour’. This huge figure – only just shy of a full thousand reported instances – is whopping, and in comparison to all other crimes reported during the same period of time we’re using, it accounts for a grand total of more than 46% of crime.
How This Affects Businesses
Anti-social behaviour is a growing concern for businesses concerned about security in Weston Super Mare for two reasons:
- Anti-social behaviour can intimidate customers and drive away sales
- Anti-social behaviour, if left un-dealt with, can lead to more serious crime like violence and violent behaviour
Naturally, shops and businesses who employ professional security guards or the services of professional security companies in Weston Super Mare, have the advantage.
On the first point, the presence of security guards at Weston Super Mare businesses serves to actually reduce instances of anti social behaviour in the first place – where security guards are present, crime is discouraged.
But on the second point, anti social behaviour can be easily identified by a Weston Super Mare security guard, and the security guard may well be able to intervene preventing this crime from becoming any more serious.
So is the high rate of anti social behaviour a suggestion that there isn’t enough security in Weston Super Mare businesses? Or does it, instead, suggest that because businesses in Weston Super Mare hire security guards, crime is prevented from getting more serious hence the high number of anti social behaviour reports instead of a high number of other crimes reported?
It’s hard to tell, but one fact remains consistent: Hiring security guards in Weston Super Mare protects your business, protects your staff and protects your customers (and therefore your sales!).
Do you take security seriously?
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