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ABOUTUS.
Crush Crime is a movement for a justice system that protects the public, backs victims and stops repeat offenders before they create another victim.
OUR PURPOSE
CRIME SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.
Safe streets should be the norm in Britain, but they aren’t. Career criminals are making our streets dangerous. Prisoners are being let out early simply because our prisons are full and politicians refuse to take the radical choice to build more prisons. Those responsible for some of the worst crimes in Britain are still free.
Crush Crime exists to make Britain’s communities safe. We follow the evidence, expose institutional failure, and campaign for practical changes that will end Britain’s slide into more crime, grime and decline.
Read our solutionsRESULTS
Result
National Crackdown on Illegal Plates
Photo: CTSI / Operation Ghost
Government funded national enforcement against ghost, cloned and missing plates. Stronger penalties were consulted on; Sarah Coombes’ full proposal has not yet become law.
LBC · 4 September 2026
Result
Act on Tracked Stolen Phones
Photo: Metropolitan Police
The Crime and Policing Act created a power to recover tracked stolen goods without a warrant when delay is impracticable. At 14 September 2026, it was not yet in force.
Home Office · Police powers factsheet
Result
A Phone Theft Command Cell
Result
BTP Reverses Bike Theft Rules
BTP removed its two-hour and £200 screening limits after Crush Crime’s FOI work and pressure from road.cc, Cycling UK, supporters and MPs.
road.cc · 28 January 2026
Result
Oxford Street Warning Removed
After 40 days of filming and pressure for action, the victim-blaming “Mind the Grab” warning disappeared.
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Result
2,000 More Court Sitting Days
After campaign research on backlogs and empty courts, Government funded 2,000 extra sitting days, taking the 2024-25 allocation to 108,500.
Ministry of Justice · 17 December 2024INTERVIEWS AND PODCASTS
Good Morning Britain
More crime. More time?
The debate over longer sentences for repeat offenders.
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SpectatorTV
Theft is essentially legal
Lawrence Newport on the case for change.
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Maiden Mother Matriarch · Episode 132
How to Crush Crime
Lawrence Newport joins Louise Perry for a longer conversation.
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Triggernometry
I proved the police don’t investigate crime
Lawrence Newport on charge rates and what happens after you report a crime.
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