Expelled from Paradise

Has anyone looked at the gimmicky new police site that itemises crimes in your postcode, in this case, for December 2010? It made realise what I miss about the countryside I came from (of course there's plenty of crime there - domestic violence, subsidy fraud etc. etc., but it's all behind closed doors, and population is tiny):

All crime and ASB0
To show crimes of a specific type click on the links below. To view details of individual crimes click the markers on the map.
Burglary0
Anti-social behaviour0
Robbery0
Vehicle crime0
Violent crime0
Other crime0

Now let's compare it to where Vole lives now:

All crime and ASB547
To show crimes of a specific type click on the links below. To view details of individual crimes click the markers on the map.
Burglary46
Anti-social behaviour145
Robbery36
Vehicle crime38
Violent crime91
Other crime191

How many crimes outside my building? 

Crime type	Total
Anti-social behaviour	3
Burglary	3
Robbery	4
Other crime	2
Violent crime	2

Plus four in the alleyway behind. I'm guessing it's the fault of the bloody nightclubs opposite. None of it is me, by the way.

Simon Jenkins rips apart this gimmick here.