QUOTE (Roost @ Dec 8 2011, 04:02 PM)
I think that a lot of crimes have [u]never[/u] been reported!
There use to be very much of a 'sort it out ourselves' attitude without involving the police.
I think that these days, a lot more of certain types of incident get reported to the police in the hope that the police can sort peoples issues out for them, without them having to take any personal responsibility.
But that would suggest that crime is going up. It's not. And if you remember that Labour passed more than 500 laws since 1997....plus police now dealing with domestic violence etc, and it's getting better.
Mind you....one of Newbury's crims has just got out of prison on early release.