Article: Concern asWelsh police forces prepare controversial 'crime maps' Internet-based system to be introduced in Wales by year's end.(News)

Byline: David James

CONTROVERSIAL "crimemaps"will be introduced in Wales by December, it emerged yesterday.

The fourWelshpolice forces are collaborating in a plan to develop the internet-based system in the hope of providing a unified crime map that will provide statistics for crimes including burglary, car crime and robbery.

Based on systems already in place in Birminghamand London, they will be detailed enough to include areas as small as subwards, which are often just a few streets.

The maps, which are being brought in across the UK on the instructions of ...

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