Category: Crime
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Let’s not underplay it by calling it shoplifting. It is theft from shops. According to the Thames Valley Police, in the Windsor & Maidenhead area it rose from by 72% between 2022-23 and 2024-25, from 396 reported incidents to 680. This mirrors the overall England & Wales picture where reported offences have gone up by…
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The good news, according to Thames Valley Police statistics, is the incidence of non-rape sexual offences has fallen since a peak in the two years, 2021-22 and 2022-23. However comparing the most recent year for which we have figures, with 2020-21, we find a 47% increase. Reported rapes showed a similar pattern, with a sharp…
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Over many years, both the Conservatives and Labour have allowed Britain to descend into lawlessness. Theft from shop has increased by nearly 75% since the millennium. Social media is full of videos of people breezing into shops, with no shame or any attempt to conceal their actions, and taking whatever they like. Shopkeepers are in…
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Reform has appointed Colin Sutton, 64, as their Police and Crime adviser. He served 30 years in the police service. His career included tracking down the serial killer Levi Bellfield and the “night stalker” Delroy Grant. It also included graduating in law. He retired a few years ago, but submitted a thesis on the future…