It is a tough one, Jim. If the statistics show that a particular group of people are over represented in any crime statistics it is difficult to deny it. However, like the Asian grooming scandals, what we should be asking is why there is such an over representation. We know it is not beciase certain groups of people are inherently bad and I am of the firm belief that most people are inherently good so we need to look for other reasons. I suspect that there are a host of other reasons rather than a single one and they include circumstance, targeting of ethnic groups and bad press. It is those issues and many others we should be addressing and if the current crime statistics highlight a particular issue in any area we should welcome it as an opportunity to improve someones lot rather than demonising a whole swathe of people.