The Evening Post is joining forces with one of the city's most popular radio stations for a two-pronged attack on street crime.

The initiative - a three-month awareness campaign - is being run in conjunction with the Evening Post's Save Our Streets campaign, launched to try to reclaim the streets of Bristol from the muggers.

Post editor Mike Lowe said: "Save Our Streets has really attracted the public's interest because it is such a big story.

"The fact that Star 107.3FM is now involved can only help reduce the problem still further."

Last year the robbery rate in Avon and Somerset soared by 77 per cent - prompting the Government to identify the area as one of the country's worst 10 mugging hotspots.

Star's programme manager Heather Ewing said: "Save Our Streets is a terrific campaign and we want to do our part in reaching the widest possible audience.

"We have looked at street crime from every possible angle.

"As well as talking to the Crown Prosecution Service to see how the criminals are being dealt with, we have interviewed the police to see how the public can best protect themselves.

"We have also spoken to several mugging victims to get first-hand accounts of what it is like.

"What we want to do is give the general public as much information as possible.

"However, while raising people's awareness of crime, we will be careful not to raise fear unnecessarily."

The radio station will transmit one-minute snippets about street crime throughout the day as well devoting more news coverage to the issue.

Star 107.3FM is based on the fifth floor of the Evening Post offices in Temple Way.

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