Airbnb rentals linked to increased crime rates in London neighbourhoods

Rising numbers of houses and flats listed as short-term lets on Airbnb are associated with higher rates of crimes such as burglaries and street robberies right

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 24, 2024 ~8 min

Cannabis farms are a modern slavery 'blind spot' for UK police, study suggests

Migrants arrested for tending plants in the flats, houses and attics where cannabis is grown in bulk are often victims of trafficking and "debt bondage" – yet

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 15, 2020 ~8 min


Police platform patrols create ‘phantom effect’ that cuts crime in Tube stations

A major experiment introducing proactive policing to Underground platforms finds that short bursts of patrolling create a “phantom effect”: 97% of the resulting crime reduction was during periods when police weren’t actually present. 

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 16, 2020 ~6 min

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