Yep...Southampton is an hour away :nice:

I really hope its not gonna rain at IOW!!! :(

Yeah, he was born in Southampton, or? I really like his dialect and I'm sure you'll have the same one. ;) But in general I like the British accent very much, although for a German it's much easier to understand someone from the US than from UK. :P

 

Indeed, Mark! :) That's true! What are you doing there or is this question too personal for you?

 

I often ask myself the same question!!:P

Yep...Southampton is an hour away :nice:

I really hope its not gonna rain at IOW!!! :(

 

Isle of WET??:thinking:

Will is such a lovely man. I have met him more than the other guys and he's always so nice. He has the most beautiful skin. :smug:

:) I continued the last few days to plan my summer holidays and I reached the point either flying to London again (includes Brighton, Portsmouth and Southampton) or flying to Dublin (includes Wexford, Cork and Galway). :D I can't decide, but I think Paris, Prague and Stockholm still have to wait... :P

 

Lol Mark! :)

 

I'm sorry, because I must go off now. My friends missed the first train lol, but the next train will arrive soon. Hope you both will have a great evening! :) Good bye!

 

I'm extremely jealous Texas! I would like to meet him and the other ones one day... :rolleyes:

Will is such a lovely man. I have met him more than the other guys and he's always so nice. He has the most beautiful skin. :smug:

 

Have you been fantasising?:rolleyes:

:) I continued the last few days to plan my summer holidays and I reached the point either flying to London again (includes Brighton, Portsmouth and Southampton) or flying to Dublin (includes Wexford, Cork and Galway). :D I can't decide, but I think Paris, Prague and Stockholm still have to wait... :P

 

Lol Mark! :)

 

I'm sorry, because I must go off now. My friends missed the first train lol, but the next train will arrive soon. Hope you both will have a great evening! :) Good bye!

 

I'm extremely jealous Texas! I would like to meet him and the other ones one day... :rolleyes:

 

Train from and to where??:confused:

Bye Lars! You would definitely like Brighton and Portsmouth! :nice:

 

Angie...was Will down-to-earth? Did you talk to him for a long time?

Bye Lars! You would definitely like Brighton and Portsmouth! :nice:

 

Angie...was Will down-to-earth? Did you talk to him for a long time?

 

Portsmouth didn't come out too well in the "crime cities" list that just came out!!:stunned:

Brighton did, though!!:D

Portsmuff! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO don't go there!

 

Will is very down to earth. We talked for quite a lond time in Cleveland and Houston, but only briefly in Southampton.

What, so Brighton did well for not having crime?

Portsmouth is a little on the rough side, my mum used to live in Gosport for a short while and didnt like it really. I guess Im just thinking of the shopping bit and gun wharf lol!!!

 

Aw, I can imagine Will being a great person to have a conversation with. :nice:

Portsmuff! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO don't go there!

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That makes it sound like a red-light city!!:laugh3:

What' date=' so Brighton did well for [i']not[/i] having crime?

 

Yes - you'll be pleased to hear. Except for handbag thefts!!:laugh3:

Redlight fish district. Skate bastards.

what are you guys talking about?

pictures?

Angie...are you sure this has nothing to do with a Pompey/Saints rivalry? :sneaky: :lol:

Mark, the train from Bremen to Brake (the dump where I'm living)... :P

 

Oh, no Portsmouth? :D Ok, thanks for the information. ^^

 

Texas (sorry I don't know your real name), you met Will when you was going to a game of the Saints, or? :)

 

Bye bye! :)

Lars!! Portsmouth is fine!! dont believe em!

A new way of looking at crime statistics has named Nottingham as the most crime-ridden place in England and Wales.

It had four times the amount of crime seen in the towns placed at the bottom of the table - Southend in Essex and Poole in Dorset.

Remarkably, London was placed midtable - in 29th place - sandwiched between Blackpool and Exeter.

Independent think-tank Reform said its league table of all 55 towns and cities with more than 100,000 residents revealed "huge variations" in urban crime rates.

It took latest figures for seven types of crime - murder, rape, burglary, robbery, car crime and gun crime - and came up with a crime level per 1,000 residents.

Nottingham - nicknamed "Assassination City" for its high level of gun crime - had 115.54 crimes in the overall calculation, followed by Leeds with 107.22, Stockport with 100.42 and Bradford with 100.4.

In comparison, the towns with more than 100,000 residents which came out at the bottom of the list were Southend with 30.91, Poole with 32.71 and Colchester with 33.9.

Nottingham also came top of the league table for murder, with 5.21 for every 100,000 population, followed by St Helens with 4.87, while London was 21st with 2.12.

The authors said it showed "dramatic variations" between towns of similar size - such as Nottingham's 115.5 compared with Wolverhampton (49.1) and Reading (43.4), which also have about 250,000 residents. Report co-author Blair Gibbs said: "The Government's key message that crime has been falling masks a huge variation between the safest and most dangerous urban areas. Better information and improved policing based on direct accountability to local communities is urgently needed to drive down crime and increase public safety."

no no

Angie...are you sure this has nothing to do with a Pompey/Saints rivalry? :sneaky: :lol:

no not at all :rolleyes: Portsmuff is a shit hole, plain and simple.

 

Lars, my name is Angie. Yes I met Will going to a Saints game in November. We rode on the train from London together, well on the same train, not necessarily "together" :laugh3: and walked to the stadium. I was the only person that recoginized him.

The authors of a league table of crime hotspots hope it will enable communities to demand a better performance from their local police force.

 

The study covered seven different crime categories

 

 

But Reform's listing showing wide variations across England and Wales has been accused of being misleading by some of the areas branded the "most dangerous".

And the think tank itself admits the presentation "masks the wide disparity" of crime rates in London.

While police and the Home Office contend such a listing is not an accurate way of measuring crime, Reform says a similar US project has shown detailing data city-by-city can provide a "powerful incentive" on local agencies to improve.

"Better information is a key means to improve the performance of public services," said Reform director Andrew Haldenby.

"For services such as policing, where choice does not apply, it allows local communities to compare the performance of different police units and to demand better performance."

Urban areas

Nottingham was ranked the most dangerous urban area with a population of more than 100,000, with a crime rate per 1,000 people which was four times higher than in places such as Southend and Poole.

It is however as close to a standardised measure as it is possible to get

 

 

Reform

 

 

Crime study angers city

 

 

London was placed 29th out of 55 in the comparison, but if its highly-populated boroughs were counted individually, eight of the country's top 20 crime spots could be found in the city.

Reform's study classed Portsmouth worst for rape and Manchester worst for robberies.

However, police figures show the London boroughs of Hackney and Lambeth had the highest number of rapes in the period surveyed, while the five worst areas for robbery are all in the capital.

London's position in the list is due to the fact that figures from its 10 worst performing areas have been offset by lower crime rates in outlying boroughs such as Sutton and Kingston upon Thames.

'Criminological analysis'

Reform's findings were based on a comparison of seven categories of offences - murder, robbery, rape, burglary, vehicle crime, gun crime and assault.

WORST PLACES FOR CRIMES

Vehicle crime: Nottingham

Rape: Portsmouth

Assault: Leicester

Burglary: Stockport

Robbery: Manchester

Gun crime: Bradford

Murder: Nottingham

Source: Reform report

 

 

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The report gathered statistics from police figures for 2004-2005 using the Freedom of Information Act and took population data from the 2001 Census.

Rape and robbery are regarded as more serious offences by the courts than vehicle crime but high incidences of the latter would impact on a city's placing in the table.

Reform said its seven categories were "popularly associated" with the main types of crime perceived as a threat to property or person by the public.

Taken together they typically represented 34% of all property crime and 69% of all violent crime, it said.

The think tank stressed the listing was not intended to be a criminological analysis.

It did not set out to look at the causes of crime or factor in demographics of each area or whether crime was rising or falling.

"It is however as close to a standardised measure as it is possible to get for the purposes of comparison, even accepting variations in police performance with regard to detection of offences and factors affecting the willingness of the public in different areas of the country to report crime," Reform said.

'Incomparable' data

Reform's study found Nottingham, at 115 crimes per 1,000 people was also more affected than areas of a similar size such as Wolverhampton on 49 per 1,000 and Reading on 43 per 1,000.

Nottinghamshire Police said it was unfair that the city was being compared with areas which have large swathes of countryside and the council said if its suburbs were taken into account, it would be in 15th place.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman, speaking after Leeds was placed second and Bradford fourth, said the listing was based on data which is "incomplete and incomparable".

The Home Office said two independent reviews of crime statistics were likely to make recommendations regarding the best way to present data in the future.

Social and economic conditions differ between areas and the variations in the Reform league table should not be seen as unexpected, it said. "Some higher crime areas can have effective mechanisms in place for bearing down on crime and year on year variation in crime would influence rankings," a spokesperson added.

no nono not at all :rolleyes: Portsmuff is a shit hole, plain and simple.

 

Lars, my name is Angie. Yes I met Will going to a Saints game in November. We rode on the train from London together, well on the same train, not necessarily "together" :laugh3: and walked to the stadium. I was the only person that recoginized him.

 

What were you doing in Southampton??:confused:

Nottingham sounds like a right ol crap place!! My friends going to uni there in September, maybe I should be worried for her! :\

Brighton isnt even on there :smug:

Going to the Saints game.

Going to the Saints game.

 

So where do you live and what is your connection (if any) with Texas??:confused: