Nottingham: Crime City
Continuing its run of bad press, the city of Nottingham has been named and shamed as the place in the UK where you are most likely to be burgled. Following on from lurid reports about gun crime in the city, you would think it was a pretty desperate place. As someone who lived happily in Nottingham from 1992 to 1999 and was never once burgled (despite living in inner urban areas including Old Meadows, Sneinton and Forest Fields), I have to disagree. It's actually one of the best provincial cities in England, with a vibrant nightlife, lovely river, two crap football teams (;-) and many other attractions. I recall being told back in 1992 that the city had a high burglary rate because of its large transient population (i.e. lots of students). That would be the reason why it continues to lead the way in burglaries today. Any attempt to forge a link with gun crime (anyway on the decrease) should be roundly disabused.
posted by Justin Toland at 4:59 pm
2 Comments:
Come off it. nottingham is one big shit hole full of poorly behaved shit people who fuck over all the good people.
My family & i only lived in the area of Forest-Fields Nottingham for just over eighteen months & all i can say is that the place is nothing short of a 'hell-hole'.
It is made very clear that unless you accept that certain streets are 'owned' by certain minorities then you have no real chance of living in peace.
Drugs,weapons & certain long term tennants( especially of Forest-Fields) are getting away with making the lives of others a misery.
We should know because we were victims of terrifying victimisation, & harassment which caused us to have to flee for the safety of the lives of our children & ourselves.
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