Boost for crime as council withdraws street warden team

Crime and anti-social behaviour has shot up in Coventry city centre since the council scrapped its wardens team, according to the the city centre management company.

Councillors pushed through changes to neighbourhood warden patrols citywide – including losing the five city centre wardens – in January, despite warnings from opposition councillors and police. Now Trevor Pepper, crime reductions operations manager for city centre management company CV One has confirmed that crime figures show anti-social behaviour rising since the yellow-jacket warden patrols were taken off city centre streets.

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