Odd decision??

Do you live in an odd-numbered house?  I do, and apparently if I lived in Leicestershire I would, as a result, get a second-class service from the police.  The Leicester police force have taken a decision that, where "low-level" crime (such as attempted burglary) is concerned, they will only respond if the house number is even. Their justification is that it is part of their response to cuts in their budget forcing them to examine ways of delivering their services with fewer staff. OK, point taken, but surely if you are forced to pick and choose which reports you respond to, it should be done on some rational basis, and not on something as arbitrary as a house number?  And what about houses with no number, which simply go by a name?