Commit any crime you like, they probably won't get you

[xoggoth]

Type your postcode in here to see local data, including crime:

Crime

In my area, there's not a single court case listed, even for more serious crimes like violence & sexual offences or burglary, it's mostly just a long list of "Investigation complete; no suspect identified".

[Old Greg]

Type your postcode in here to see local crime:

Crime

In my area, there's not a single court case listed, even for more serious crimes like violence & sexual offences or burglary, it's mostly just a long list of "Investigation complete; no suspect identified".

That must be a relief.

[TwoWolves]

Joking aside...

There is a crisis in law and order in this country and the media are looking the other way. The courts are too lenient, the prisons full and the police buried in paperwork and demoralised. Fortunately most of the crime is non-violent, we are a long way from being South Africa but we are walking that road.

I send my daughters to Krav Maga classes.

[SueEllen]

Joking aside...

There is a crisis in law and order in this country and the media are looking the other way. The courts are too lenient, the prisons full and the police buried in paperwork and demoralised. Fortunately most of the crime is non-violent, we are a long way from being South Africa but we are walking that road.

I send my daughters to Krav Maga classes.

The courts are lenient because the prisons are full.

As long as you are intelligent enough to grove to the judiciary so showing remorse when brought before them there is no need to bang you up.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Odd.

It doesn't show the murder.

[Old Greg]

Joking aside...

There is a crisis in law and order in this country and the media are looking the other way. The courts are too lenient, the prisons full and the police buried in paperwork and demoralised. Fortunately most of the crime is non-violent, we are a long way from being South Africa but we are walking that road.

I send my daughters to Krav Maga classes.

It needs some historical perspective. Is law and order better or worse now than in Victorian times? Consider also whether in the recent past there was a crisis in domestic violence and child sexual abuse that was largely ignored by the police, the courts and the media. It is very hard to tell whether there is more or less lawlessness these days or whether the nature of lawlessness has changed. Your mention of order is important. A fight in the streets is more an affront to order than an assault in a family home, but is it more serious?

[Jog On]

Unless it's hate-speech - you'll get your house raided for that.

[Old Greg]

Unless it's hate-speech - you'll get your house raided for that.

Or if you wish somebody Merry Christmas.

[TwoWolves]

It needs some historical perspective. Is law and order better or worse now than in Victorian times? Consider also whether in the recent past there was a crisis in domestic violence and child sexual abuse that was largely ignored by the police, the courts and the media. It is very hard to tell whether there is more or less lawlessness these days or whether the nature of lawlessness has changed. Your mention of order is important. A fight in the streets is more an affront to order than an assault in a family home, but is it more serious?

The metropolitan police were only formed in 1829 so comparing to the Victorian era isn't meaningful. Quantative analysis of crime rates are compromised by political interference so estimates vary a lot from source to source, I think you need to look at the number of unsolved crimes to get a real picture. Domestic crime is a very hard one to solve in any society.

Crime levels have been decreasing since the police service was created but it looks to me that this trend has been broken, this should be enough to worry about.

[WTFH]

Three crimes in my area.
Two for anti-social behaviour. Well, if that hadn't sworn so loudly as their lycra burned, no one would have charged them.
And one for arson. Who knew that lycra could spontaneously combust?