One of the guys who works in LE here told me that they (the Plod) spend 70 percent of their time dealing with the same 30 percent of the population. It does seem like it is a universal theme. The minority of the population that suck up police resources are also the ones who seem to blow up the statistics to make places appear worse than they are.
Exactly the same here
we have some amazing countryside around here, members of the Royal Family live in the county, lots of Lords and Ladies, and other notables, but in my town 4 particular families are always involved and kicking off
the dregs of the community ( drink driving, violence, drunkenness, theft,assaults, vandalism sexual assaults)
the drug addicts ( theft, assaults, general social problems)
the drug dealers and the new trend of cuckooing
those with mental health issues ( they tie up a great deal of police time)
criminals (general crime)
Itinerants, ( vehicle theft and dismantling, distraction burglaries, fraud, violence petty pilfering, blowing up cash-points, ram raiding, sheep stealing, farm burglaries, fuel thefts, theft of quad bikes and off road motorcycles, general disorder and contamination of public places)
gang members ( knife crime assaults, theft of property street robbery anti social behaviour murder, kidnap )
and our new EU criminal families and other talented visitors
the Albanians ( violent crime and drug control)
Romanians ( general thieving, cash point cloning, distraction burglaries and ugly women)
Vietnamese ( smuggling, prostitution, drug cultivation abstraction of electricity, people smuggling )
Somalis, drugs, theft, prostituition, violence with knives axes etc)
Mainland Chinese ( Prostitution, drug cultivation)
oddly Black males are 3 times more likely to be arrested than white males, which in an area with a minority of black people would be considered unusual, until you find that many of them have moved into the area to sell drugs, or control the sale of drugs ( usually from major cities)
we live in a nice part of a regency town, and living here for 19 years we have suffered, theft of a motor vehicle ( one of the 4 particular families involved)
theft of a motorcycle, later found hidden in a local council estate, nobody knew anything or saw anything ?
attempted theft of a motorcycle, that was resolved in house
3 attempted break ins while we where in the property, all resolved in house ( A gun would have been useful, but a Garden fork was handy)
theft from vehicle 3 times while parked on the drive, I now no longer will own a commercial vehicle as its an advert for the scum to steal my tools
wifes bicycle stolen as she unlocked the front door ( council estate yobs)
oh and a large quantity of firearm's and ammunition recovered from the shed backing on to our house ( one of the 4 problem families)
However nice as it may have been to own a handgun, I dont think that I would have been capable of controlling myself and shooting dead the scum who stole my Subaru and the scum who attempted to steal my motorcycle
in the first case I chased them off with an axe, but the car was beyond repair and they crashed it into a street pillar trying to get away, and the second case was resolved with a garden fork and dog interface
I do see our ARVs out an about, especially due to the high risk Government buildings in the area, recently we were in lockdown when one lot of scum shot out the windows of another lot of scum who had moved into a property in the area, and I saw the Police officers carrying rifles whilst patrolling as they expected the argument to continue
oddly a few days before I had spotted a car with the keys in the ignition , not a sensible thing to do, I rang the Police because the adjoining property where I was working is owned by a member of HM forces, they arrived and made enquires and removed the keys, that was the first they knew of one of the problem families moving into the area ( they tend to share cars around and leave keys in them ready)
2 weeks later it kicked off
but having the weapons in he hands of the Police tends to stem any of these tribal feuds from escalating, if they were allowed to own guns I hate to think what would happen