Only 353 Arrests At The Carnival..

[Spicerack]

this year, yay.
I was going to tack this heart-warming news to aog's annual Notting Hill thread but it appears to be closed.

[Zacs-Master]

How many of those were police?

[Mozz71]

They wanting to hit four figures but were clearly too busy dancing.

[anneasquith]

excellent .

[Zacs-Master]

37 assaults on officers!
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/notting-hill-carnival-2019-revellers-head-home-as-scotland-yard-announces-353-arrests-including-37-a4221581.html

[ToraToraTora]

not bad for the annual crimeathon.

[dannyk13]

353 arrests out of an attendance of 2.5 million.

[Spicerack]

I thought I read 1 million this year.
Either way, it's marvelous. ;-/

[dannyk13]

SR,My figures are for the 2 days.

[Spicerack]

Where did you get them from?

[Old_Geezer]

There were 2.5 million criminals there ? Gee, surprised the honest folk could get through.

[dannyk13]

SR, from Google.
Attendance: 2.5 million attendees, 40,000 volu...
Dates: 25–26 August 2019

[dannyk13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notting_Hill_Carnival

[Spicerack]

Zac's link says a million this year. Wiki says 'can attract up to 2.5 million'.
Whatever,

[dannyk13]

SR, Fair enough, if only 1 million the percentage of arrests is .03%.

[Mozz71]

Lets just say there were a LOT of people there.

Arrests at a similar number to Glastenbury I notice. Should that now be scrapped too?

[anotheoldgit]

It makes a change from the usual announcement:

"No arrests were made".

Looking forward to the breakdown:

How many were for knife crime, assaulting a police officer, possession of drugs, sexual assault, criminal damage etc etc.

[dannyk13]

AOG, listed here:-
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/notting-hill-carnival-2019-revellers-head-home-as-scotland-yard-announces-353-arrests-including-37-a4221581.html

[anneasquith]

Aog, check the post, the break down has been published on this thread. I hope it meets with your approval .

[Spicerack]

I find the Glasto comparisons hard to believe. £250 a ticket keeps the riff-raff, like me, away. It's very much a middle class do.

[Zacs-Master]

Same link as mine, Danny.