Crime Scene Investigation

Thomas Hemingway and Dominic Standing 9 set 1

Introduction

Our enquiry is going to be about local schools, in the wards of Blackpool, and the Fylde. We want to find out if the areas around the schools, and themselves, have higher rates of crime in the holidays. We think this will happen because there will be more children free to do what they like, whereas if they are at school, they are constantly being watched by others. Also, in the holidays many are up late, contributing to anti-social behaviour and vandalism.

Hypothesis
Our

hypothesis is that there will be more crime in the wards of Blackpool and The Fylde in the school holidays. of our hypothesis is that there will be more crime around St. Marys in Blackpool than St. Bedes in Lytham.

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is a map of St. Marys. There is a long main road side on the outside. The main land use is for houses and roads. Its an incredibly built up area that is densely populated. There are some green, undeveloped area, but they are only small.

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is St. Bedes Secondary School in Lytham. It is surrounded by green land but on the other side there is a small road with some houses. The road leads to the nearby park which leads to the busy high street. Lytham is a rather affluent area and its high population is mainly elderly.

Aug 2012

Aug 2011

These are the statistics for the crime rates in Lytham, where St Bedes is situated, for a whole year from August 2012 to August 2011.

These are the statistics for the crime rates from August 2012 to August 2011 of the ward, Layton, in Blackpool where St Marys is situated.