Brave Worthing sweetshop owner helps catch armed robbers (From The Argus)

This explains the very annoying police helicopter hovering over our house last evening.

A bit of a shock that the police were so quick in getting them, But well done for a change

Ha, someone said Worthing was becoming like Croydon.......I have to agree, crime ridden cesspit!.

crime in worthing is being committed by a small bunch of morons
since the arrest and conviction of a local drug dealing family there are a small number of morons who are short of cash
the police will apprehend these desperate characters over the next 2 to 3 years and then law and order will slowly be restored
the same thing happened in brighton 20 years ago
armed robberys like this one are old fashioned and belong to another era ..just like the whole town itself!

icansee wrote:
crime in worthing is being committed by a small bunch of morons
since the arrest and conviction of a local drug dealing family there are a small number of morons who are short of cash
the police will apprehend these desperate characters over the next 2 to 3 years and then law and order will slowly be restored
the same thing happened in brighton 20 years ago
armed robberys like this one are old fashioned and belong to another era ..just like the whole town itself!

Like every town/city in the south east there are good and bad areas. I love Worthing but it has a horrendous drug problem as does Brighton and other seaside resorts mainly due to the migration of seasonal workers from all over the world.

Big Nasty, says...
1:01pm Fri 7 May 10

Ha, someone said Worthing was becoming like Croydon.......I have to agree, crime ridden cesspit!.

Big Nasty: There are good parts and bad parts in every town. I lived in the southern Croydon suburbs for most of my life and only encountered problems in central Croydon. To say that that the whole of the Borough of Croydon is a crime ridden cesspit is out of order as the majority of the east and south Croydon is a safe area to live in.

luluandbuster wrote:

icansee wrote: crime in worthing is being committed by a small bunch of morons since the arrest and conviction of a local drug dealing family there are a small number of morons who are short of cash the police will apprehend these desperate characters over the next 2 to 3 years and then law and order will slowly be restored the same thing happened in brighton 20 years ago armed robberys like this one are old fashioned and belong to another era ..just like the whole town itself!

Like every town/city in the south east there are good and bad areas. I love Worthing but it has a horrendous drug problem as does Brighton and other seaside resorts mainly due to the migration of seasonal workers from all over the world.

regarding crime, i do not believe many similarities can be made between Brighton and Worthing
Brighton is now a very much a cosmopolitan city and all types of crimes here are committed by all different types and nationalities
In Worthing most of the crime is drink and/or drug related theft and/or violence ..just like some parts of Brighton used to be 20 years ago
In Brighton these days the varied crime is not just being committed by the same faces and their families ..in Worthing it is!

the "horrendous drug problem" in Brighton may well be influenced by seasonal workers ..in Worthing, there are no seasonal workers who influence to the horrendous drug problem!

luluandbuster wrote:
Big Nasty, says... 1:01pm Fri 7 May 10 Ha, someone said Worthing was becoming like Croydon.......I have to agree, crime ridden cesspit!. Big Nasty: There are good parts and bad parts in every town. I lived in the southern Croydon suburbs for most of my life and only encountered problems in central Croydon. To say that that the whole of the Borough of Croydon is a crime ridden cesspit is out of order as the majority of the east and south Croydon is a safe area to live in.

everyone knows there are good and bad parts in every town ..but thats irrelevant
the amount of drink/drug related violent crime in Worthing is now comparable to Croydon!

in Worthing this year there has been more than ten armed robberies that still remain unsolved ..one where shots were fired!

luluandbuster wrote:
Big Nasty, says...
1:01pm Fri 7 May 10

Ha, someone said Worthing was becoming like Croydon.......I have to agree, crime ridden cesspit!.

Big Nasty: There are good parts and bad parts in every town. I lived in the southern Croydon suburbs for most of my life and only encountered problems in central Croydon. To say that that the whole of the Borough of Croydon is a crime ridden cesspit is out of order as the majority of the east and south Croydon is a safe area to live in.

Sorry, I actually reckon Worthing is worse than Croydon (having lived in both)

we need more of these public spirited citizens in this country. if people took more notice of what was happening and passed information on to the police, instead of looking the other way, more crimes would be solved. too much of the 'nothing to do with me' attitude nowadays. well done!

davyboy wrote:
we need more of these public spirited citizens in this country. if people took more notice of what was happening and passed information on to the police, instead of looking the other way, more crimes would be solved. too much of the 'nothing to do with me' attitude nowadays. well done!

Quite right, where we live so many people were moaning about the state of the place and anti-social behaviour some of us got together, contacted the police, council, young offenders team etc and organised a week of action starting with litter picking, graffiti removal, clearing peoples front gardens, painting communal garage compounds and dealing with abandoned cars, we put 3000 leaflets through letterboxes, had a radio campaign and it was in the local news paper, how many people turned up to help..........10, disgusting!, well done those 10 though and the youth offenders team done brilliantly, the police were excellent especially Sgt P, we had a high police profile and anti-social behaviour dropped by 80%, 6 motorists were stopped for using a mobile phone whilst driving, and even more for speeding (in a residential area), good result all round despite the lack of help from the people that were making the most noise about the problems!.