Its Criminal

I read with some interest that a new Police WEB site that shows people crimes in their local area has been inundated with hits, something like 75,000 per minute, so much so that the whole thing has crashed or is essentially unusable. Why are people so concerned about proximal crime, is it morbid curiosity or acute anxiety?

Apparently the site cost £300,000 to build, clearly they weren't expecting this volume of hits and there have been some complaints about inaccuracies. I can't help thinking that we have a curtain twitching phenomenon happening here, clearly there is a big demand for proximity information regarding objectionable behaviour I sense an iPhone location aware application in the offing, pinpoint your nearest Catholic priest or militant atheist, the possibilities are endless.