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:
“Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes all other forms of law.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“How could passion run so deep
Had I never thought
That the crime of being born
Blackens all our lot?”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)