Crime

A walk around London is revealing.

It’s a nice place of expensive properties and public, open parks mostly. A leisurely walk is frequently a way for Londoner’s to spend their time around work, relationships, and more formal functions.

It breaks up the monotony of the day.

The reality of it today however is not so clear-cut. The danger that exists on the streets which line it is a more murky story to be told. It isn’t uncommon to pass suspicious individuals or smaller groups of people on a bright day.

It’s also not unusual to sit beside a shifty figure on public transport.

This is suggested to be a part of city life. They say we have to get on with our lives and ignore it. The fact is London has ebbed and flowed in recent years. There are crimes which happens with such force it leaves shock for days if not weeks to come.

The other point is that some days much of the footfall further out is under suspicion.

In a previous short investigation I uncovered “Space”, a group self-formed for such a purpose. I won’t say where they came from, but they chose London as a target before they arrived. They had a “mix” of crimes they would commit in relative cover so they weren’t detected, they claimed.

The group members were clearly criminals even by the looks of it and a few seemed buoyant at the opportunities they saw in the city. This group is an isolated case in a growing, burgeoning city that also has its own prospects in view.

Yet it’s a disturbing reality we face day in day out.