Crime and "recession"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6996461.ece

Recession-linked crime wave fails to materialise, new figures show

Bizarre? Unexpected certainly. Anything to do with all the extra heroin hitting the streets, lowering prices? Maybe the Afghan jaunt is justified? UK property vs Afghan and Pakistani lives?

Too early to tell? Premature as the depression has a long way to go.