For years supporters of other clubs have commented about not travelling to Salford because they are worried about leaving their cars parked near the ground. Last night I went on the new police crime map website and I couldn't find one single reported incident of vehicle crime anywhere near the ground.



I wanted to mention it because if this is the reason for some (and not just an excuse) it must cost the club a lot of money in lost gate revenue.

Interesting that a Wigan fan recently said that they park at the old Boddingtons site for the Willows and get the tram in - it turns out that Great Ducie Street has the highest car crime rate in Greater Manchester, and as you can't park on it, it must be from the car parks just off it.

Apparently you only have to worry about leaving your car parked in Weaste if your name is Hazel.

It's amazing how quickly a stereotype can build.



Slightly deviating but I've just checked the crime figures for my street and I'm happy to say there was a grand total of 0 crimes reported. Nice one!

If people dont report it to the police then it won't appear on the site but doesnt mean the crime didnt happen. Personally I've never had my car damaged parking near the Willows after moving from Salford 18 years ago.

True but if there is an insurance claim involved then it must be reported to get a crime number.

However, there were 2450 incidents of robbery on the day of the Wigan game.

Well done for highlighting this!



I've said it for years that there isn't and there never has been any problem parking a car on Weaste Lane or anywhere else around the ground on match days! I'm not saying vehicle crime doesn't happen on Weaste Lane as I have witnessed it (was an extremely rare occassion) whereby a few drunken idiots have left a local establishment and walked down the Lane smashing wing mirrors off on there way home to a much more crime ridden area of Salford.



As you say its a MYTH and those who use it as an excuse to A. Not come on match days and B. Is the reason why Salford must move grounds are basically taliking out of their ar$e!



Maybe the club should put out an article on this in the RL press to quash the bull sprouted by other supporters!

If you have abit of time to spare try putting in all the towns/cities with super league teams and note the number of crimes for each.

I'd hazard a guess Leeds and Warrington's figures would be higher, since Leeds is in a vibrant student area and Warrington is bang in the middle of town. Therefore the results would be skewed.

Don't know if it's still the case but, when my brother lived there about 10 years ago, Headingley (the area, not just the sorts stadium) had the highest rate of reported crimes per square mile anywhere in England, outside of London.



It also had the highest incidence of reported male rape per square mile of anywhere in Europe.