What does what metcountycopper said have to do with crime statistics? You're eating up those lazy daily mail lazy stereotypes. A "normal and civilised" middle class person of course would never let their dog sh*t on the floor. A posh person would never get all "I know my rights on you", of course. The inference is that poor people do it because they are less human / lazy / whatever - that's why they're skint and that's why violent crime is rising in poor areas against the national trend.