Nottingham named nation's burglary city
諾丁漢：英國“盜竊之都”
[ 2006-04-21 09:33 ]
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Forensic officers examine a crime scene in
Nottingham. |
The English city famous for the legendary outlaw Robin Hood was named
and shamed as Britain's most burglary-prone city by an insurer, adding to
its woes as a centre for gun crime.
Residents in Nottingham were
more than twice as likely to claim for household theft than insurer
Endsleigh's national average.
The city, which has a statue of Robin Hood with bow and arrow,
appointed a "reputation manager" last year to counter the growing
perception that the city was now being blighted by outlaw gangs with more
up-to-date hardware.
Police and councillors in Nottingham have been working to dispel its gun-ridden image, which once led to it
being dubbed "Assassination City".
Hull and Leeds in northern England came out as the next worst for
burglaries, while Guildford in southeast England came out as the safest,
followed by Coventry, west central England, and the Scottish capital
Edinburgh.
(Agencies) |
向來以傳奇俠盜羅賓漢而著名的英國城市諾丁漢如今卻因被一家保險公司評為英國室內盜竊案最猖獗的城市而蒙羞。此前，該市已很不幸地成為槍案高發區。
諾丁漢居民因室內盜竊而提出保險賠償的機率是Endsleigh保險公司全國平均水平的兩倍之多。
手持弓箭的羅賓漢雕像就位于諾丁漢市，但人們卻感覺到這座城市正日益受到裝備先進的不法分子的破壞。為了改變這種狀況，諾丁漢市去年任命了一位"名譽經理"。
諾丁漢市槍支泛濫，曾經因此被稱為“暗殺之城”，該市的警察和議員們正在努力消除這種形象。
英國北部城市赫爾和利茲緊隨諾丁漢，是室內盜竊案易發的第二、第三大城市；而位于英國東南部的吉爾福德則被譽為最安全的城市，排在其后的安全城市分別是英國中西部城市考文垂和蘇格蘭首府愛丁堡。
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dispel : to rid one's mind
of（消除）
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