Silent crime: Do you feel safe in Sheffield city centre?

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00:00I'm quite worried. I mean, coming to town is nice these days.

00:04Yeah, you need to be with somebody when you come out a lot of times.

00:08If you're on your own, you just don't know what's happening these days.

00:12Have you experienced anything yourself?

00:15I just wanted to know.

00:20All the buggies all over town.

00:24Non-whites, very rare to come.

00:28But I know people who do stay away.

00:31And I know, especially if they've got families,

00:35you know, they've got young children and they don't want to see,

00:39you know, you've got the druggies and you've got the alcohols

00:42and they're coming up and they're begging,

00:44and you know, you see them where they really get aggressive

00:47and they'll fight with one another.

00:49I know a lot of people who do go to Meadowhall because of that.

00:54Especially when they've got families, they won't come to Sheffield.

00:57They'll go to Meadowhall.

00:59And what can be done about it?

01:03Well, it's all right saying extra policing, but then again,

01:08you know, it's stretched already, aren't they?