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[Pete]

Now that's post.

Good man.

[therealjr]

I assume the first line should read 'free' school meals?
Rother and St Helens wards were always the 2 given 'special status' due to lack of prosperity. Of course you can always find 'anecdotal' evidence that there are issues with any area.
I remember someone arguing with me that the neighbourhood we lived in was going downhill because the worst area for crime was Hasland and St Leonards as the community forum that covered those two wards always had the highest levels of crime reported to it especially public disorder.
I tried to explain that this was because the town centre was part of the figures but the person I was arguing with would have not of it.
Wouldn't have minded but he was a serving police officer!!

[Slacker]

Yes it should have said "free"

It often gets explained at forum now the the Hasland and St Leonard's figures are distorted by the town centre.

At the last forum meeting all crime stats were down except drug busts, but as I explained to people there that increase can be a positive thing as it only becomes a crime stat when there is an arrest on like others that become stats when there is a victim.