Crime Week!To have this much fun is criminal…

Year 7 – which stories are being described here?

Heir to the throne poisoned by one of her five a day!

Abandoned children face danger from an old lady in a tasty house!

Blonde youth breaks into house and causes mayhem!

Newly reunited girl and parents separated by unfortunate spinning accident!

Year 8 Alerted by neighbours that haven't seen their

neighbour for weeks the police break into his apartment. In one room totally empty of furniture they find a large empty suitcase, in the other totally empty room they find a man hanging from the light cord with his feet a long way from the floor. The door between the two rooms was shut. How could he have managed to hang himself?

The suitcase contained a huge block of ice, which he removed from the suitcase and stood upon, until it melted.

Year 9: Write the next sentence for these sentences from crime novels: “We were about to give up and call it a night when

somebody threw the girl off the bridge.”

“When he shows I’ll say: ‘Good day, a bouquet for Mr. Hovgaard.’ Then you shoot him. Understood?”

“There are two kinds of people who sit around all day thinking about killing people...mystery writers and serial killers. I'm the kind that pays better.”

“I covered the body with a rug. You think I’m an idiot?”

Year 10 – quotations on crime – how true are they?

“Good. Illegal is always faster.”

“Crime is a product of social excess.”

“The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.”

Year 11- How true are the following statements?

“Criminals should be punished, not fed pastries.”

“Crime is nothing but misdirected energy.”

“Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.”

Year 12Number of Offences

Kingston upon Thames

Met Total

Total Crimes 10,342 783,385

Homicide 2 104

Violence Against the Person (Total)

2,199 151,125

Robbery (Total)

219 35,576

Burglary (Total)

1,392 93,684

Gun Crime 6 1,913

Motor Vehicle Crime

809 91,768

Domestic Crime

636 49,324

Racist & Religious Hate Crime

115 9,399

Homophobic Crime

8 1,087

Is this what you expected?

Which statistic is most surprising? How safe is Kingston, do you feel, compared

with London as a whole? How would you use these statistics to inform

lower years?

Year 13

“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.”

How true is this statement? Given that crime is perceived to be rising, how would you tackle crime?