The decision to ban Borat-style mankinis has helped a British seaside town shed its Wild West image as a haven for bachelor parties in addition to cutting crime and drunken anti-social behavior, police say.

Figures show anti-social behavior and criminal activity in the Cornish town of Newquay has fallen since 2009.

Officers say a determination to tackle excessive drinking, public disorder and the wearing of inappropriate clothing such as mankinis — skimpy male bikini-style bathing costumes popularized by the comedy character Borat — has helped reduce crime.

Devon and Cornwall police inspector Dave Meredith, the town’s most senior police officer, said, “When you speak to anybody from patrol officers to PCSOs, shop keepers, everybody says Newquay has made a miraculous improvement. Five or six years ago and more, Newquay was a little bit of a Wild West town. It had a bad reputation nationally.

“People expected to come to Newquay to drink a lot, behave irresponsibly, a lot of really young people came to Newquay and knew they had a good chance of getting drunk. Certainly we have clamped down on that and the image of Newquay now has certainly curtailed some of that.”

Police and community leaders say the town now has more of a family-friendly image and that tourism is booming.

Reports of anti-social behavior dropped every year from 937 in 2009/10 to 485 in 2012/13.

Overall crime in Newquay has also reduced significantly — from 1,823 incidents in 2012/13 down to 1,624 in 2014/15.

Dave Sleeman, the town’s mayor, said the resort is unrecognizable now from its previous image.

He said, “I remember back in the 2000s you couldn’t walk the streets on a Saturday without seeing someone wearing a mankini or what have you.

“But now they’re not allowed in Newquay. The police will tell them to go home and get changed if they see them wearing one, and the guest houses and camp sites are pretty good at warning their guests about what’s acceptable. I think we have turned the corner here.”

    警察称，一个英国海边小镇禁穿波拉特式的男士比基尼泳衣后，犯罪及醉酒等反社会行为减少，摆脱了“狂野西

    部”、婚前单身派对天堂的形象。

    数据显示，从2009年开始康沃尔纽基镇的反社会行为和犯罪活动开始减少。

    官员们指出，他们严厉打击酗酒、公共秩序混乱、衣着不当（比如穿着男士比基尼 — 因喜剧片人物波拉特而广为流传的紧身男士泳衣）等问题，从而降低了犯罪率。

    德文和康沃尔郡警察局的督察戴

    夫·梅雷迪斯是镇里的最高级别警官，他说：“从巡警到协警，商店老板，人人都说纽基发生了神奇的变化。五六年前或更早，纽基有点像个狂野西部小镇，在全国臭名昭著。

    “人们来纽基豪饮，为所欲为。很多年轻人来到纽基，觉得这里可以肆无忌惮地喝醉。我们控制了这个苗头，纽基现在的形象已有所好转。”

    警察以及社区领导人说，小镇现在有个更宜居家的形象，旅游业也迅猛发展。

    报道的反社会行为从2009~2010年的937例下降到2012~2013年的485例。

    纽基的整体犯罪率也大幅下降，从2012~2013年的1,823例下降到2014~2015年的1,624例。

    戴夫·斯利曼是镇长，他说这个度假圣地跟之前的形象有天壤之别。

    他说：“我还记得本世纪初时，星期六在大街上走一定会看到有人穿着男士比基尼或诸如此类衣服。”

    “但是现在这在纽基是禁止的。警察如果看到他们穿着这些会勒令他们回家换衣服。而且招待所和露营地的人都会好好告诫他们的客人，告诉他们如何穿着妥当。我觉得我们已经逆转了局势。”

Words to Learn 相关词汇

【过度的】guòdù de excessive exceeding a normal, reasonable, or proper limit

【逆转】nìzhuǎn turn the corner pass a milestone or critical point, begin to recover