The police spokesman said students had been robbed of phones, cash and other items in the recent muggings.

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But when residents were asked about road safety, 86% of areas rated it an issue of concern to rank alongside burglaries and muggings.

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You could see Flickr photos, recent muggings, local news stories and home foreclosures on your street, viewed as a map, list or RSS feed.

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Estates like Holly Street in Hackney have also benefited from multi-million pound government refurbishment programmes, resulting in fewer cases of racial tension, graffiti, vandalism and muggings.

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Johannesburg is, to put it bluntly, a dangerous city in certain neighborhoods, including the Central Business District and ill-famed Soweto, with violent muggings and carjackings the main problems.

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The watchdog said too few resources were allocated to the inquiry and that officers prioritised other crimes, including robberies, muggings and burglaries for which targets for success had been set.

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That too was an issue he found himself seriously vulnerable on following a sharp rise in muggings and robberies, clashing badly with his oft-repeated promise to be "tough on crime".

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