Ah. Look What I Found Out.

[Togo]

Seems like another thread went left. Still plenty going on elsewhere.. No arrests were made or anyone jailed in the making of this report. Gunmen run free whilst "protesters" are silenced with incarceration. Makes you proud to be British no doubt.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/27/gun-free-britain-drive-by-shooters-spray-house-multicultural-manchester/

[jackthehat]

///Stands the Church clock at ten to three?
And is there honey still for tea?///

[sp1814]

Yes, I remember it well.

Having lived through it.

[sunny-dave]

Another day, another breitbart ...

http://oi49.tinypic.com/117616s.jpg

[anotheoldgit]

Notifiable offences recorded by the police were a little over half a million in 1957. Forty years later, they were almost 4.5 million. Violent crimes against the person numbered under 11,000 in 1957, and 250,000 in 1997.

[Zacs-Master]

Ah, so you meant ‘safer’ rather than ‘safe’.

[Islay]

How much has the population increased in the same period please?

[anotheoldgit]

Islay
/// How much has the population increased in the same period please? ///

And I wonder what that is down to also?

[webbo3]

Uk Population.

65.64 million (2016) uk

51,43 million (1957) uk

[Islay]

Well at a guess I would say birth so I blame the baby boomers.

[THECORBYLOON]

ANOTHEOLDGIT, do you have a link for those stats?

[webbo3]

https://www.bluemarblecitizen.com/world-population/United-Kingdom

http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/uk-population/

[THECORBYLOON]

Were the notifiable offences in '97 the same as those in '57?

[sp1814]

People are still better off living in 2018 than they were in any other period.

[hereIam]

Don't know why you bother aog, but I admire you for doing so. I also remember when the streets were 'safer', which I am sure is what you meant, many years ago. Nowhere near as safe today for many reasons. Don't let the beggars grind you down aog .... !

[Jackdaw33]

The only time I remember people locking their doors was when the cry went up, 'The tinkers are coming to town'.