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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
Acid attacks and stabbings rising each year and police being pressured to not make some violent offences official doesn't shout safe to me and in relation to certain sections of the public political correctness has prevented due attention and action being taken resulting in many ruined lives. The justice system in this country has degraded significantly in the last 25 years add in gutless politicians too scared to actually do anything of substance and the situation is going to continue to get worse.
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Crime is down over 25 years. We are getting better at dealing with the causes of such crimes. Whilst increases are concerning and need to be addressed they don't tell the whole story which is that over the long-term London is
safer than it was decades ago.
Yes, failures to stop these crimes ruin lives. Crimes ruin lives. They were ruining them 10 years ago, 15 years ago, 20 years ago. What we have now is that the progress in reducing those crimes has halted but London still has fewer murders than it did 10 years ago and fewer than New York despite the headlines.
What needs to happen is specific types of crimes getting additional focus and to constantly review how we tackle crime. What does help is losing our minds at every uptick in the stats and every negative headlines and proclaiming everything is in decline. It simply is not. This constant state of despair helps no-one and just seems an excuse for people to vent.