Gates to be installed to cut crime in Burnley back alleys

10:04am Friday 14th September 2012 in News

GATES blocking off the back alleys of several Burnley streets are to be installed to try and reduce anti-social behaviour.

Two metre high gates will be erected in Wynotham Street, Briercliffe Road, Brennand Street, Colne Road and Tenis Street.

A Burnley Council spokesman said: “Residents of Burnley who are feeling vulnerable and targeted by crime have applied to Burnley Borough Council to have gates fitted to the rear of their properties.

"This measure will help to reduce crime and fear of crime. The crime figures and anti-social behaviour figures have been monitored for two years and the area were shown to have consistently high crime.”

The crime figures will now continue to be monitored for the next year.

Comments(10)

Davelyn says...
11:21am Fri 14 Sep 12

2 meter high gates are not going to stop many young hooligans but cameras might do, and surely they would be cheaper in the long run.

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makaveli96 says...
12:02pm Fri 14 Sep 12

Davelyn wrote:
2 meter high gates are not going to stop many young hooligans but cameras might do, and surely they would be cheaper in the long run.
Surely the belt would work better?

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Stuart Farquar says...
12:31pm Fri 14 Sep 12

Gates won't do diddly squat, it's all psychological, same as door locks un bolts etc. How about giving all the residents a shot gun and train them how to use it ? I had to chuckle at 'the crime figures had been monitored for two years HaHa ... Two years to get a few gates up lol... Way things are goin folk are gonna need more than gates !

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shytalk says...
1:41pm Fri 14 Sep 12

I wonder how much you can get for weighing them in?

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midas says...
2:40pm Fri 14 Sep 12

Davelyn wrote:
2 meter high gates are not going to stop many young hooligans but cameras might do, and surely they would be cheaper in the long run.
They are too lazy to climb over them!

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DaveBurnley says...
3:44pm Fri 14 Sep 12

midas wrote:
Davelyn wrote:
2 meter high gates are not going to stop many young hooligans but cameras might do, and surely they would be cheaper in the long run.
They are too lazy to climb over them!
Or too fat.

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Heretical says...
4:39pm Fri 14 Sep 12

We had gates at one point....the local 'youths' damaged the locks so the repair idea (this is the mentality of officialdom) was to remove the gates.

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Izanears says...
4:55pm Fri 14 Sep 12

I will give them 6 months and then they won't be bothered to close them.
pendle council installed gates and eventually took them down becuase the people who demanded them were too lazy to open and shut them!!!!

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Chris P Bacon says...
7:08pm Fri 14 Sep 12

DaveBurnley wrote:
midas wrote:
Davelyn wrote:
2 meter high gates are not going to stop many young hooligans but cameras might do, and surely they would be cheaper in the long run.
They are too lazy to climb over them!
Or too fat.
Or too bombed.

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RUinsane says...
7:19pm Fri 14 Sep 12

I think taser would be a better deterrent. I think each resident should be issued with their own unit. Just go out to have a quiet word and ZZZZsssstttt, oh look he's wet himself, do you think it will dry out if I do it again ZZZsssstttt. No maybe not.

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