The majority of the time when police are in numbers those committing crimes get caught which is so satisfying. All the other times it's always a wish somebody was around to deal with it. Calling the police is useless. Sussex police hardly answer to calls for police presence.
There was an act of arson in the area I live in. Somebody tipped a can of petrol over steps, entrance to a building and set it alight. The fire brigade came out but the police were nowhere to be seen. The firefighters said the police won't come out. Sad. It makes me wonder whether that was an attempted murder charge