Crime
Nottingham is served by Nottinghamshire Police and has a Crown Court and Magistrates' Court.
Nottinghamshire Police recorded a total of 77,421 crimes in county and city between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2012, a reduction of almost 7,000 offences (or 8.1%) compared with the previous 12 months.
In less than a decade, the total number of offences in Nottinghamshire has more than halved since over 160,000 crimes were recorded in 2002/03.
During that time, the overall crime rate has fallen from 156.8 crimes per 1,000 people in Nottinghamshire to 71.25 crimes per 1,000. The last time the crime rate was so low was during 1976/77.
In Nottingham, crime overall fell by 7.2% to 33,578 offences, a reduction of 2,607 compared to 2010/11.
Initiatives include the Nottingham Community Protection service developed by Nottingham City Council, Nottinghamshire Police and Nottingham City Homes to take an uncompromising stance towards anti-social behaviour. It comprises Community Protection Officers (CPOs), Police Officers, Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and Anti-Social Behaviour Officers who work with internal and external agencies to reduce anti-social behaviour and the fear of crime.
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“The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)
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