--- title: Newquay, Mankini: This Town's Ban on Mankinis Helped Reduce Crime description: A British town took an innovative approach to reducing crime and boosting tourism: it banned mankinis. canonical: https://time.com/3899740/mankini-ban-crime-tourism/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-28T14:37:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:26.656Z og:title: This Town's Ban on Mankinis Helped Reduce Crime og:description: Sorry, Borat. og:url: https://time.com/3899740/mankini-ban-crime-tourism/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt071a05747eef30a0/698852060b72e356c46e4355/fistral-beach-newquay.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: fistral beach newquay united kingdom og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Town's Ban on Mankinis Helped Reduce Crime twitter:description: Sorry, Borat. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt071a05747eef30a0/698852060b72e356c46e4355/fistral-beach-newquay.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Town Says a Ban on Mankinis Helped Reduce Crime > Sponsored content. 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Matt Cardy—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson May 28, 2015 2:37 PM UTC A British seaside town took an innovative approach to reducing crime and boosting tourism: it banned mankinis. The town of Newquay had garnered a reputation as a hot spot for bachelor parties, the [Press Association reports](http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/28/newquay-credits-mankini-ban-with-drop-in-antisocial-behaviour), and local law enforcement wanted to crack down on the binge drinking, public disorder and inappropriate clothing that usually accompany such events. So, they banned mankinis, or revealing bikini-style bathing suits for men — as seen in the movie _Borat_. And, according to the town, it worked. “People expected to come to Newquay to drink a lot, behave irresponsibly,” Devon and Cornwall police inspector Dave Meredith said. “Certainly we have clamped down on that and the image of Newquay now has certainly curtailed some of that.” “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,” said the town’s mayor, Dave Sleeman. “I think we have turned the corner here.” \[[_Press Association_](http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/28/newquay-credits-mankini-ban-with-drop-in-antisocial-behaviour)\] ## Transcript [ FOREIGN ] My name a Borat. I journalist for Kazakstan. My government send me to US and A to make a movie film. Please, you look. [ NOISE ]. Hello, nice meet you. I new in town. Go away. Wait, I want to say hello. [ INAUDIBLE ] Hello, my name, I'm Borat. I new in town. What are you doing? Careful, he bites. Welcome to our country, okay? My name a Borat. Okay, okay, good, good. I'm not used to that, but that's fine. What is a not jokes? A not joke, I would say, that suit is black, not! This suit is not black! No, no, not has to be the end. Okay. Okay. This suit is black not. This suit is black, pause. You know what a pause is? Yes. This suit is black. Okay [ LAUGH ] I, I don't, I don't, I'm not quite- Not. [ MUSIC ] Can I say, we support your war of terror. Kazakstan is the greatest country in the world. I think that the cultural differences are vast. Exactly. And I think he's a delightful man. And it wouldn't take very much time for him to really became Americanized. [ MUSIC ] You want to have a drink? You can't drink that. [ NOISE ]. I like a you peoples. How can I be like you? What's up, vanilla face? Is it not a problem that the woman have a smaller brain than a man? That's it. I've had it. We're finished. We have to leave. [ MUSIC ] Very nice. How much? She is your wife? Nope, that's my wife. In a my country, they would go crazy. [ LAUGH ] For these two, not so much. [ MUSIC ] Please, you come see my film. If it not success, I will be execute. 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