yes - spend a fortune on opening a station and then we can have thread s like this again    http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,139204,139679#msg-139679    Having a station doesn't have any impact on burglaries  - you do know that, right?    Having more police generally  might help solve more crimes - but equally will cost a lot of money too (even if cuts are applied elsewhere)    But a lot of well off people are moving to the area, easily spotted and therefore an obvious target - tehse things tend to happen in waves    But having a police station nearby won't actually help