Channel 4's Dispatches looked at figures from the 12 months from December
2018.
Data from around 200 sites in England revealed crime rates there are also a
third higher than the average in a quarter of cases.
The investigation found police in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and other
areas with larger traveller populations claimed they are unable to tackle the
issue head on.
One officer told the programme:
"When we see that there is a specific part of
the community in quite large numbers committing crimes and we're almost
not allowed to mention it - that can be frustrating.
"Because they’re such a closed community and there’s usually a fair few in
numbers...if we go in there it is going to be carnage."
Andrew Selous, MP for South West Bedfordshire, revealed some residents
have told him they moved away from these areas as they felt unsafe, adding
"that is completely unacceptable".
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