- Folder that argues for planting pokey bushes is given in the capital
- Critics reject the move as 'gardener advice' – but it is promoted in the United Kingdom
Worried to be broken into? The Metropolitan Police has some targeted advice: plants some spiky hedges.
The largest police in Great Britain has earned the anger of conservative critics after it started, according to reports, creating 'natural defenses' against setting up 'natural defenders' against victims of burglaries.
With the title 'Protect your house against burglars by protecting your garden', the brochure advises planting one of a number of bushes in an adult or semi-adult form.
The bushes can suggest the with, 'make it more difficult for burglars to gain access to your property or to postpone it completely' – and are most effective when they are planted close together.
Among the proposed bushes are berberis and hawthorns, who both have sharp spines, as well as Firethorn and Chaenomeles, also known as quince.
Others such as Holly and Mahonia are recommended because of their spiky leaves – all of whom can make a burglar think about trying to jump through a window.
“Planting certain bushes (in their adult or semi -adult shape) along garden walls and fences can make it more difficult for burglars to gain access to your property or postpone it completely,” says the brochure. “Plant them close together to maximize this effect.”
Chris Philp, the Secretary Secretary of Shadow, claimed that it had to do with better things than 'gardener advice'.
The with Police has recommended the victims of burglaries that they have to place bushes in their gardens to scare burglars (stock photo)
An earlier version of the brochure that is assumed to have been given to London by the metropolitan police, in which the recommended varieties of bush are stated for planting
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has criticized what he called 'garden advice', despite the advice adopted by various police services in the United Kingdom
“For all crime, the clear-up rate of the with the worst in the country,” he said The Times.
'The with Police must concentrate on the basic principles of catching criminals and less on gardening.
'The most basic position of the police is catching criminals and a rate of 5 percent is simply not good enough.
'I want to see that the police use more effective methods such as face recognition to catch criminals and place them where they belong, in prison. Gardening advice will not help that. '
Various versions of the pamphlet have been divided into community groups in recent years.
And it seems to be based on general advice that various police services have given in the United Kingdom.
Similar advice on shrubs appears on the websites of Sussex, Thames Valley and knows police, as well as in North Yorkshire.
Other advice includes keeping hedges low to prevent burglars from hiding out of sight at all times, locking side lines and 'spiky plants' plants as stated to make it harder for burglars to come in.
A total of 54,282 burglaries were reported to the with between January and December 2024 a decrease of 4.3 percent on an annual basis.
Surfish varieties such as Barberry (depicted) in particular have spiky thorns that can scare potential burglars
About 3000 'positive results', which means that actions result in action such as a criminal indictment or arrest, were registered in the same period.
This was after the meeting promised to attend every possible report of burglary after Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley criticized the low presence percentages of local officers in burglaries.
A spokesperson told the newspaper: 'Advies such as this contributes to the hard work of officers to focus on the most productive perpetrators, which led to a reduction of 10 percent in the number of residential burglaries that have been reported in London in the past year.
“We will continue to prevent people from becoming victims, while at the same time we get burglars and organized crime groups.”
