The impact of rising crime rates against the night time industries

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Rising rates of drug offences, spiking, violence, and arrests for being drunk and disorderly mean workers in the nighttime economy, and the businesses they work for, are affected.

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00:00The Great British Night Out, where they're heading to one of our world famous pubs, a

00:06restaurant for a meal or a nightclub to dance the night away. The aim of the game is to

00:10have a good time. Behind the scenes, more than two million people are now working in

00:15hospitality as door staff and even taxi driving to make it all happen. But with rising crime

00:20rates in general in the UK, there's a dark cloud cast over the night time industries.

00:24In the latest figures, there were 181,000 drug offences in England and Wales compared

00:29with 179,000 in the previous year. On average, the police receive more than 500 reports of

00:35spiking each month. Along with a binge drinking culture that we're known for across Europe,

00:40comes a rise in the number of drunk and disorderly charges. Greater Manchester Police report

00:44the biggest increase there. They saw a 57.75% jump in arrests for the crime in a single

00:50year. And anecdotal evidence from taxi drivers shows, as they often work alone, they're

00:55often the focus of verbal and physical abuse, theft and robbery. David Lowry of the National

01:00Private Hire and Taxi Association says more needs to be done.

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