Pockets Of High Crime Mean That Labour Has Betrayed The Most Vulnerable In Society

The list of areas where the Government has betrayed those people who placed the most faith in it is almost endless. However, nowhere is that betrayal more shocking than in the case of crime, and particularly violent crime, which disproportionately affects deprived areas and hits the vulnerable the hardest.

It is sadly the case that pockets of high crime exist in the same place as areas of high deprivation. The people who this Government was supposed to be protecting, those who live in the most deprived areas, are still largely living in fear of violent crime. Those people who live in the 20% most deprived areas are twice as likely to say that fear of crime has a 'high' or 'moderate' impact on their quality of life than those who live in the 20% least deprived areas.

People living in the 20% most deprived areas are twice as likely to be victims of violence than people who live in the 20% least deprived areas. Households with the lowest income are by far the most likely to be victims of crime.

A Labour Government have allowed pockets of high crime and severe deprivation to exist in 21st Century Britain. Put simply, this is not good enough and it is a betrayal of those who put so much faith in the Labour Party. The Government has done nothing to put an end to this situation. In doing so, they have lost any moral authority they might have had and should be replaced by a Conservative Government who will take real action to help people in areas of deprivation.