Health services must develop services to reduce crime and violence

EDITOR,—We welcome recent editorials on the impact of violence on public health.1 2 3 In the annual report of the director of public health for the borough of Sandwell, Safer Sandwell, we have tried to explore the relation between crime and the fear of crime and public health.4 The roots of crime and public health are frequently the same. Our interpretation of crime statistics by police beat showed highly significant correlations between all crimes and violence and non-ownership of a car and unemployment. …