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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:ReRe:Re:Crime infested London
Posted by: Francis Rowe
Date/Time: 18/07/25 16:21:00

There is no reason for complacency but we remain safer and less likely to be victims of crime (other than online fraud) than we used to be. The reasons for this are obvious, improvements in DNA testing and a blanketing of London with CCTV meant that habitual criminals were usually caught and locked up.

We do have a problem looming in that with prisons full and no expansion on the immediate horizon, there is no choice but to let some criminals out. The surge in shoplifting is probably a result of this as people are being realised early or never actually being locked up for this despite being repeat offenders. It is inevitable that a significant proportion of those released will go on to reoffend so that will tend to push crime rates up. As has been rightly observed, this is an offence largely driven by addiction.

If you combine this with a reduction in police numbers and general funding for law enforcement plus a stagnant economy, crime will rise. It's unfair to accuse the authorities of not having a clue as the source of the problems are clear and the solutions are not easy.

Despite all of this we are a long way from being 'crime infested' and particularly at a local level, the police seem to me to do a really good job and don't recognise the characaterisation of 'softly softly arms length policing'.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Crime infested London17/07/25 12:16:00 Denis I. Fox
   Re:Crime infested London17/07/25 13:09:00 Janice Evans
      Re:Re:Crime infested London17/07/25 14:35:00 Steve Taylor
         Re:Re:Re:Crime infested London17/07/25 15:12:00 Keith Iddon
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Crime infested London17/07/25 15:25:00 Francis Rowe
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Crime infested London17/07/25 16:33:00 Vanessa Smith
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Crime infested London17/07/25 17:08:00 Janice Evans
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Crime infested London17/07/25 18:08:00 Denis I. Fox
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Crime infested London17/07/25 18:09:00 Julian Pavey
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Crime infested London17/07/25 19:37:00 Steve Taylor
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Crime infested London18/07/25 08:55:00 Mark Evans
                                 Re:Re:Re:ReRe:Re:Crime infested London18/07/25 14:26:00 Steve Taylor
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:ReRe:Re:Crime infested London18/07/25 14:47:00 Mark Evans
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:ReRe:Re:Crime infested London18/07/25 15:03:00 Keith Iddon
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:ReRe:Re:Crime infested London18/07/25 16:10:00 Denis I. Fox
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:ReRe:Re:Crime infested London18/07/25 16:54:00 Mark Evans
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:ReRe:Re:Crime infested London18/07/25 16:21:00 Francis Rowe
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:ReRe:Re:Crime infested London18/07/25 16:33:00 Steve Taylor
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:ReRe:Re:Crime infested London18/07/25 17:03:00 Keith Iddon
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:ReRe:Re:Crime infested London18/07/25 16:43:00 Steve Taylor
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:ReRe:Re:Crime infested London18/07/25 16:41:00 Steve Taylor
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:ReRe:Re:Crime infested London18/07/25 20:24:00 Steve Taylor

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