Crime falls by over a QUARTER since lockdown – but anti-social behaviour soars by 59%
CRIME has plunged by more than a QUARTER since the coronavirus lockdown, police revealed yesterday.
Total recorded offences - excluding fraud - dipped by 28 per cent year-on-year in the four weeks leading up to Easter Sunday.
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And criminals were also dressing in hi-vis vests to pose as key workers to try to move across the country.
Cocaine prices have risen in the last few weeks as drug gangs find it hard to move and replace supply and that could spark a rise in violence between rival mobs, police fear.
Police have also warned paedophiles could take advantage of more children being at home and spending more time online.
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