doesn’t surprise me, and I’m glad this has been exposed, so now the authorities can start taking action…
I’m sceptical myself as to how much really is due to “drink” and how much to poor impulse control and a culture of “might makes right” within groups of people though (particularly if only 20% are stranger attacks). but if people won’t play nice the state can actually take the playground away from them – wasn’t that long ago town centres shut at midnight, not 2am or 3am and if you were on the streets “too late” cops searched you!
The hotspots for violent crime in the town can be exclusively revealed today, following data published by Suffolk Police.
The statistics, released following a Freedom of Information request, show the areas with the highest levels of violent crime are also the sites of some of the town’s most popular pubs and clubs.
Cardinal Park had the highest number of incidents, with 102 violent crimes reported in 2009/10, which works out at nearly two per week.
There were 90 incidents in Old Cattle Market, 84 in Northgate Street and 72 in Tacket Street, as well as 76 violent crimes on Norwich Road.
These range from the most serious offences, such as grievous bodily harm, to threatening behaviour and harassment.
There was a total of 3,445 violent crimes in the Ipswich area, although Suffolk Police said that almost 80 per cent of these involved people who already knew each other rather than attacks by strangers.
A police spokesman said: “These are almost all town centre spots so those violent crimes will usually
happen on a Friday or Saturday
night.
Town
