Fewer Notts homes broken into as police win war on drug takers
FEWER homes are being broken into in Notts – because police and campaigners are winning the war to get criminals off crack and heroin.
Use of the hard drugs, notorious for encouraging people to steal, has halved among criminals.
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Fewer homes are being broken into in Notts
Six years ago, more than 40 per cent of people arrested for certain crimes, such as theft, burglary and car crime, were testing positive for the substances.
According to new figures from Nottingham Crime and Drugs Partnership, this has gradually fallen to just 23 per cent now, less than one in four – and the lowest level in six years. At the same time, the number of recorded burglaries in Notts has plummeted.
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Police and justice groups say better crime-fighting tactics and improved support for addicts are driving the change.
Peter Moyes, chief executive of the partnership, said: "It means that your car or your house or your iPhone is safer than it was before.
"The reasons why people are committing crime are changing. Drugs have less influence than they did before."
Matt Stone, of Carrington, committed burglaries and shop thefts while in the grip of a crack and heroin habit. Now clean, he said: "When you are stealing you know what you are doing, but you are that wrapped up in your addiction."
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by ShockG
Sunday, February 24 2013, 10:55PM
“madbadger, smshogun is grammatically correct.
When personalising possession, 's is appropriate, for example Bryan's hammer. Yours however, should never have an apostrophe.
The same applies to theirs, hers, ours etc.
Pulling people up on grammar is a commonly used trolling technique, however it's imperative that you don't get it wrong. Otherwise you look like a bit of a cretin.”
by whatidontbeli
Sunday, February 24 2013, 10:03PM
“What an absolute c0ck”
by Neo_MadBadger
Sunday, February 24 2013, 7:38PM
“BYW digby, this is where you are going wrong in your quest..."t will deter any more burglaries from happening."
You see, burglaries are not autonomous. What you meant to say, I am sure, is this...
"It will deter any more burglars."”
by Neo_MadBadger
Sunday, February 24 2013, 7:11PM
“Is that right, digby? I only ask as I have seen only two such signs in the last 6 years. And I get around a bit, I can tell you.”
by digbypatch
Sunday, February 24 2013, 6:59PM
“Neo_Madbadger
I suggest when you get a chance pop into your local Police station if it is open and question them what the signs mean which I have described, and it is because there have been burglaries and the Police think by putting the signs up it will deter any more burglaries from happening.”
by Neo_MadBadger
Sunday, February 24 2013, 5:44PM
“Don't be too hard on smshogun, Letsa. At least he tries.”
by LestaLM
Sunday, February 24 2013, 5:26PM
“Half-term is over and the single parent mother has let her ADHD child have access to her laptop again.”
by Neo_MadBadger
Sunday, February 24 2013, 5:06PM
“Soooooo, smshogun, is a figure a statistic before or after the variables have been applied? With your massive brain this question ought not to tax you too much. BTW, you missed an apostophre from 'yours'. Back to the English classes matey!”
by smshogun
Sunday, February 24 2013, 4:52PM
“No, yu have missed the point and seem to know little about statistics, and that any variable can affect the results of such statistics, as for inteligence, yours speaks for itself if you don't understand this.”
by Neo_MadBadger
Sunday, February 24 2013, 4:35PM
“"Perhaps you need a better dictionary."
I too was surprised not to see an entry for 'overstated' or even 'over-stated' in the Chambers dictionary, but it was not there. However, yet again you miss the point because you are not very intelligent. The point is obviously that one cannot understate or overstate a given figure or statistic as you claimed one could as it is fixed and not variable. One can understate or overstate the importance of a figure or statistic though. Back to English classes for you smshogun.”