Jeremy Clarkson says daughter won't go to local shopping centre as it's 'full of gangs'

Jeremy Clarkson has encouraged police forces to tackle crimes 'that matter,' saying that one of his children wouldn't visit a shopping centre in her area as it's "full of gangs".

The presenter, 62, shared his thoughts on the state of the country recently, suggesting that police officers are too focused on "eco-idiots" and "a bit of light druggery".

The father-of-three said one of his daughters, who lives in London, will no longer go to the local shopping centre as it's "permanently full of gangs with bats and blades".

He said that they can "do whatever they want" because they "know for a fact" that the police are not coming - suggesting it's because they're preoccupied with other activities.

Jeremy Clarkson has spoken about policing (Getty Images)

He said officers are preoccupied with 'eco-idiots' and other groups (Getty Images)

Jeremy - in a piece understood to have appeared in the Times this weekend - suggested that police are focusing on the wrong type of offenders, as reported by the Daily Star.

He said officers are busy trying to catch people "with a bit of powder" or are stood around "watching a group of ecoherberts who've glued themselves to the road".

Jeremy added: "Eco-idiots don't matter. Hate crimes don't matter. A bit of light druggery doesn't matter. Doing 34mph doesn't matter. No one cares about any of this".

He said that one of his daughters no longer visits a local shopping centre as it's 'full of gangs' (Getty Images)

Jeremy has three children, including Emily Clarkson (Getty Images Europe)

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Jeremy said that what matters is that you can "no longer wear a watch when you go into town" and that some young people "now believe that paying for a phone [is] optional".

The outlet reports that Clarkson's Farm star wants to see something done about "law and order," suggesting they focus their efforts on thieves, gangs and the like.

His youngest daughter is Katya Clarkson (katyaclarkson/Instagram)

He suggested that certain communities may decide to take law enforcement into their own hands, similarly to how some people use private education or healthcare.

Jeremy said that residents of some villages could employ their own private police force in the future, theorising over the possibility of areas having their own court systems.

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