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High Sheriff of West Sussex Dr Tim Fooks, in his weekly briefing, visits the charity Victim Support and discovers more about the impact of crime and traumatic incidents on victims and what can be done to help them.

Based on the available data, approximately 200 criminal acts are reported every day in West Sussex. Of these, about a quarter will be linked to antisocial behaviour, one in five relate to all types of theft, and one in 25 are drug related.

But among all the statistics, the stand out figure for me is the data for violent crime which, tragically, accounts for 30 per cent of all recorded cases – and this is thought to be an underestimate, with much more going on unseen behind the closed doors of lockdown.

High Sheriff of West Sussex looks at the impact of violent crime and learns how Victim Support helps