A bad rep?

[bellinghman]

The following headline is on the BBC web site today, in the 'North' section: Hotel rejects 'theft hotspot' tag

I didn't even need to look to know which particular establishment they were referring to. After all, how many such places can there be?

Crime figures from May 2005 to May 2006 show four out of five room burglaries in Liverpool hotels happened at the Adelphi in Ranelagh Place.

It's a shame, a real shame, but no surprise. We'll be there next Easter, but there's no way we're actually taking a room there - we've too many friends who have been stolen from, there.

(Edit: a single comma added.)

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[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Indeed, if people were getting charged, or more to the point convicted, you can be pretty sure the rate would have dropped somewhat.

(There is a valid point that, being in a pretty central location in Liverpool, there will be more crime trying to come in off the streets. But I suspect that's merely a screen the insiders hide behind - keeping outsiders out does not stop the theft.)