Your property is going on the market and, having chosen and instructed your estate agent, it is time to start working with them to find the right buyer. This top tip guide from OnTheMarket.com is designed to help you work effectively with your estate agent to achieve this goal as smoothly as possible. Work as […]
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Buying or renting a new house can be stressful enough without nasty surprises such as a poor credit rating slowing things down, especially when it may be easy to improve if you know about it in advance. When choosing to rent, letting agents and landlords want to know you are credible and can pay your […]
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Yes, it’s the middle of a field – or Ballyclare in Northern Ireland
No, we have not metamorphosed into the Daily Mail. Indeed, we live in an age of historically low crime; the last Crime Survey for England and Wales suggests it fell by 9% in the year to June 2017, and has been falling since 1995. In Scotland, the latest police records put reported crime at its lowest level since 1974.
In England and Wales, though, the latest records point to a quite steep rise in some crimes: a 22% rise in knife crimes, 11% in firearms, 17% in vehicle theft and 9% in burglaries. These congregate in London (where Kingston-on-Thames has the lowest crime rate, according to the Met’s “Crime Data Dashboard”) and the big conurbations. The Dyfed-Powys police area has the UK’s lowest number of reported crimes (25,114 a year), followed by Cumbria and North Yorkshire.
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Yes, it’s the middle of a field – or Ballyclare in Northern Ireland
No, we have not metamorphosed into the Daily Mail. Indeed, we live in an age of historically low crime; the last Crime Survey for England and Wales suggests it fell by 9% in the year to June 2017, and has been falling since 1995. In Scotland, the latest police records put reported crime at its lowest level since 1974.
In England and Wales, though, the latest records point to a quite steep rise in some crimes: a 22% rise in knife crimes, 11% in firearms, 17% in vehicle theft and 9% in burglaries. These congregate in London (where Kingston-on-Thames has the lowest crime rate, according to the Met’s “Crime Data Dashboard”) and the big conurbations. The Dyfed-Powys police area has the UK’s lowest number of reported crimes (25,114 a year), followed by Cumbria and North Yorkshire.
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