Breaking down the crime statistics. Tuggers for vandals, Inner North for rapists, Belco for burglars,

could we please have this data on a suburb by suburb basis? As an option? Or just by suburb with a rating? Safe, relatively safe, be careful, and ‘watch out?

Just a question here but what is the difference between Theft and Burglary?

Regarding Traffic Infringement Notices – do the details relate to where the offender lives or where the offender was caught?

Puts things a bit out if that details where the offence was commited… I live on the southside of Canberra and the last time I signed up to make a voluntary contribution to the coffers was in Belconnen…

As a local, I can enlighten readers about the high rates of property crime in Griffith.

Stuart Flats.

A while back, my neighbour had his house burgled and his car stolen while he was away. After reporting it to the police (who admitted they couldn’t do much) he hopped in his wife’s car and drove around to Stuart Flats, and there it was, parked in plain view.

The place is a cesspit – taxi drivers won’t go there, and decent people unlucky enough to be allocated housing there spend all their time trying to get out. Like its equivalent in Civic, this monument to ACT Housing’s failures just provides criminals with subsidised accommodation in handy walking distance of their targets.

Jungle Jim said :

gp said :

We were in the same year then Jim. Going to the booner reunion later this year? Don’t know about the wild west so much… It always felt quiet to me.

Maybe it’s more my memory of the school, rather than The Creek itself.

I hadn’t heard of any reunions! (then again, this is about as social as I like to get online).

🙂 I was told it is being organised on Facebook. I had to be told over the phone, because I am not a facebooker. Anyway, search Holder High 1992, I am told.

To remain a tiny bit on topic, Weston Creek has always seemed quieter than most of the newer areas. This comes from a current Kambah resident.

Jethro said :

PantsMan said :

It will be interesting to see the trend as Gungahlin becomes a getto.

This is a reason why new Macgregor should be renamed as a new suburb. It is demographically and aesthetically very different to old Macgregor, and the very clear distinction between the two deserves to be recognised through separate suburb names.

Perhaps the new one could be given a name that reflects its culture more accurately (like ‘S***hole’).

PantsMan said :

It will be interesting to see the trend as Gungahlin becomes a getto.

This is a reason why new Macgregor should be renamed as a new suburb. It is demographically and aesthetically very different to old Macgregor, and the very clear distinction between the two deserves to be recognised through separate suburb names.

gp said :

We were in the same year then Jim. Going to the booner reunion later this year? Don’t know about the wild west so much… It always felt quiet to me.

Maybe it’s more my memory of the school, rather than The Creek itself.

I hadn’t heard of any reunions! (then again, this is about as social as I like to get online).

No surprises at all for mine. Tuggeranong always seems to cop it (Such a hole, full of ferals etc..) from those on the northside but the numbers would suggest that the Belconnen area is leading the way in such categories.

It will be interesting to see the trend as Gungahlin becomes a getto.