Anonymous administrators set up Albury Live Crime in April and before it closed on Monday night, it had attracted more than 10,000 followers.

It aimed to solve crime by posting information about incidents from radio scanners of police communications.

The page founder told The Border Mail via Facebook on Monday night they have “unpublished” the page.

“Simply because I do not have the time to run it,” they said.

Another administrator said a month ago the site had become too stressful to run, requiring constant monitoring to ensure names of suspects are not published and nothing defamatory or prejudicial is posted.

The administrator also said they had concerns for their own safety given the abuse and harassment they were receiving.

The page came under fire from Albury police who were concerned about safety of their officers and damage to investigations.

“They need to make sure they’re not overstepping legislation in relation to court proceedings,” Inspector Dave Cottee said.

But police also acknowledged information had been given to them because Albury Live Crime posted about it.

The administrator said social media was one of the best ways to solve crime and keep a community informed.

“I still believe that it shouldn’t be up to a private page to inform the local community of the extent of crime happening in our neighbourhoods,” they said.

“I would much prefer the police or the council utilise a page like Eyewatch to better keep the community informed of criminal activities that are happening at the time so as to give the public a chance to be alert and maybe help the police.”

They said the Eyewatch page, run by Albury police on Facebook, was not utilised enough and hadn’t been updated since May 18.