SIR I read with interest that petty crime figures are falling in Bradford.

For the last two-and-a-half years I have reported petty crime to the housing officer and other personnel in the housing authority.

I do not consider the theft of bedding and curtains petty thieving, it is outright stealing.

So perhaps this letter might encourage the authorities to take the matter more seriously.

Alice S Jolly, Stuart Court, Swarland Grove, Bradford