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Do people feel safe in Newark?
Newark Advertiser
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13/06/2024
In its weekly voxpop, the Advertiser found out if Newarkers feel safe in the market town.
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00:08
I don't live in Newark. I used to live in Newark and it wasn't safe then.
00:14
That's why I moved away.
00:16
There was people with guns of some kind in the fields behind us shooting at my house wall
00:24
and I reported it to the police and they didn't record it because they said,
00:31
"Well, nobody was hurt and no actual damage was done, so therefore we're not recording it."
00:38
That was one thing.
00:42
Then a friend of mine, something similar happened to her in her garden in a different area of Newark
00:51
and you could actually see the marks on the wall where her head would have been
00:57
and they didn't do anything about that either and they didn't record it either.
01:00
So this is why they say that the crime is going down.
01:07
It's because you're not recording half the crime.
01:10
People ring up about their concerns and what's happened and they don't record it.
01:15
So I'm sorry. A lot of people don't believe these statistics.
01:20
I don't feel safe in Newark. Why?
01:22
Because there's a certain party of travellers that make my life hell.
01:28
They dance all over. A boy has just been dancing on the seat where I'm sitting now.
01:34
It's unbelievable. They've got no control over them and it's such a pity.
01:41
Another thing as well, I'm a blue badge holder.
01:45
I've been coming to Newark now for 50 years and I can't come in this market with my blue badge.
01:52
I need another badge but yet the white vans with the travellers in can come into the town centre
01:58
and that to me is not fair. I've supported Newark for 50 something years.
02:04
I've been here 55 years. I came from Ireland when I was 19 and I just love the place.
02:13
I feel safe. I come down at night, I walk down to Trent. It's a beautiful place.
02:20
Unfortunately because of the internet all the shops are closing.
02:26
And it's a shame, a big shame because I don't understand the flaming internet.
02:34
I don't know. I have a phone and all I do is receive calls and give calls and that's it.
02:41
I feel safe in Newark. I've lived here all my life. So I've never had no problems.
02:48
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