An interesting report out this week revealed the places in Wales with the lowest crime rates, with  Dyfed-Powys coming out on top as one of the safest places to live.

But hang on a minute, surely by revealing these figures it is a bit like inviting your stripey T-shirted, eyemask-wearing blokes with a swag bag over their shoulders round for a bit of a get together?

It’s like the Jobs Pages for burglars!

“Look, these places haven’t been burgled yet, why not pop round?”

On a more serious note, I think it’s more likely to be a vigilant and robust police force in these areas and it is reassuring to see that a lid is being kept on crime.

Which reminds me of a poster in the window of the village police station in Llangadog some years back, which read “this police station is only occasionally manned, Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings.”

Yes, only in Wales!