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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
How long before criminals suss out where the lower police cover is and those areas end up with higher crime rates?
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It has already happened here. We used to have a police station and 3 police houses in our village. At least 2 policemen used to patrol "on the beat", day and night. They have all gone although the village population has doubled in the last 20 years.
We now have a "youth" problem. I don't mean noisy local kids, this is gangs coming in from a nearby town in Trafford, armed with knives and knuckle-dusters. They fight with the local "rough" element, smash shop windows, cause trouble in pubs, set fire to cars, slash tyres - and, yes, this is rural Cheshire. They know that a call to the police goes to a call centre in Winsford, 30 miles away. They can have a ball before the police arrive.