Crime
Crime rates in East Grinstead are lower than the national average.
| Offence | Locally | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Robbery | 0.32 | 1.85 |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 1.79 | 4.04 |
| Theft from a motor vehicle | 5.34 | 9.59 |
| Sexual offences | 0.62 | 1.17 |
| Violence against a person | 11.28 | 19.97 |
| Burglary | 2.58 | 5.67 |
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Famous quotes containing the word crime:
“No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.”
—Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)
“Crime seems to change character when it crosses a bridge or a tunnel. In the city, crime is taken as emblematic of class and race. In the suburbs, though, it’s intimate and psychological—resistant to generalization, a mystery of the individual soul.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)
“Although good early childhood programs can benefit all children, they are not a quick fix for all of society’s ills—from crime in the streets to adolescent pregnancy, from school failure to unemployment. We must emphasize that good quality early childhood programs can help change the social and educational outcomes for many children, but they are not a panacea; they cannot ameliorate the effects of all harmful social and psychological environments.”
—Barbara Bowman (20th century)