Mr. Rippers Neighborhood

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arrests in 1887

Beware....it was not a crime ridden hovel. Dave

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arrests in 1888

...still not a crime ridden hovel.

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1889 arrests

...people who claim this was a crime ridden hovel need to bring some data to support that contention. Dave

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crimes committed within the district

This is for all three years. To start, burglary. Ummmm.......burglary. Dave

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larceny 1887 to 1889 (Old Bailey)

...been caught stealing, once when I was five. (< song lyric) Dave

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monetary offences

Who could be offended by money? Dave

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pickpocketing

Taking things from the pockets of others. Dave

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everybody be cool, this is a robbery.

...a line from a famous film. Dave

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sexual

Leave it to the Victorian prudishness, marriage as a sexual crime. Dave

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and lastly....the violence

Can we now be agreed anyone advancing the Thunderdome conception of reality for this area is a bonehead? Dave

[Natalie Severn]

Thanks Dave, for the new maps which make much more sense now I have read your article about The 1888 Business [postal] Directory .
Regarding the safety of the neighbourhood as perceived by Mrs Amelia Richardson,69, giving evidence at the inquest for Annie Chapman.Mrs Richardson rented part of 29 Hanbury Street and ran a packing case business from there.Although she had started locking her cellar door only the past fewweeks because tools had gone missing,she still didnt lock her doors otherwise because she had never had anything taken by any of her neighbours in Hanbury Street .Her son John Richardson and another man helped her with the packing case business.Apparently very few people in Whitechapel locked their doors---or felt they needed to lock their doors.

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Hello Nats, if the Old Bailey is to be believed that is in fact the case. Now I realize these are just the cases that made it that far, but some rudimentary math, say if this is 1 percent, still does not yield the Thunderdome Whitechapel I have seen some advance on these boards. More data is to be had, but not online. We will see how long it takes to get those other lines of evidence up here. Dave

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all offences by year

1887 Dave

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all crimes by year

1888 Dave

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1889

I sure hope the Thunderdome kids are seeing this. Dave