Silent Crime: 'low level' crime now going unreported
So-called Silent Crime is the often unreported or under-investigated offences that can make life a misery for so many - including, theft, anti-social behaviour and assaults.
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00:00So-called silent crime is the often unreported or under-investigated
00:05offensive that can make life a misery, including assaults, antisocial behaviour
00:10and theft. We have been on the streets of Liverpool to find out if you have ever
00:14been a victim of a crime and if you were satisfied with Merseyside Police's
00:19response. I had my car stolen quite a while ago now, several years ago now, but yeah.
00:24I'm guessing you reported it to the police and everything? Oh yeah, yeah. And how did you find the police, were you happy with the way
00:29the police dealt with it? Oh yeah, definitely, yeah, no problems whatsoever.
00:32Well I understand that people don't report everything because you don't like
00:37it listened to, do you? So that's another reason why people don't report things.
00:42Yeah, you don't see a lot of police around at the moment. I was awake, came back to my
00:48house and my fence was down and I was told by a witness that it was to do
00:54with the people in the house next to me and to be honest the police wasn't
00:59helpful. They say it's not them. Everybody's holding their phones in their hands now and
01:04people shooting past now. I don't keep my hand in my hand.
01:10Speaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Home Secretary Yvette
01:14Cooper announced a crackdown on crime as part of the government's mission for
01:18safer streets. Ms Cooper pledged to introduce new powers to respond to
01:22antisocial behaviour, shoplifting and off-road bikes and put neighbourhood
01:26police back on the beat. The government plans legislation which will see an
01:30additional 13,000 police officers and PCSOs along with guaranteed local
01:35patrols. Though Merseyside saw an overall reduction in crime over the past 12
01:39months, there was an increase in one crime type. Shoplifting was up around 14%
01:46in our region and has risen by 29.3% nationally. Merseyside police say they're
01:51working with retailers every day to tackle this, providing targeted patrols
01:55and security advice and they have successfully obtained criminal behaviour
01:59orders.