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:
“Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.”
—Karl Kraus (1874–1936)
“Thy Godlike crime was to be kind,
To render with thy precepts less
The sum of human wretchedness,
And strengthen Man with his own mind;”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)