--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Town Says a Ban on Mankinis Helped Reduce Crime ## Video: Borat - Trailer [Watch (HLS stream): Borat - Trailer](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xBQsKkm5.m3u8) (2:26)  _Published 2014-06-27. Borat - Trailer_  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson May 28, 2015 2:37 PM UTC  Crowds gather on Fistral Beach on the second day of the Boardmasters surf and music festival in Newquay on August 7, 2014 in Cornwall, England. Crowds gather on Fistral Beach on the second day of the Boardmasters surf and music festival in Newquay on August 7, 2014 in Cornwall, England.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.” \[[_Press Association_](http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/28/newquay-credits-mankini-ban-with-drop-in-antisocial-behaviour)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3899740/mankini-ban-crime-tourism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3899740/mankini-ban-crime-tourism/"},"headline":"This Town Says a Ban on Mankinis Helped Reduce Crime","datePublished":"2015-05-28T14:37:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:26.656Z","description":"The British town of Newquay hasn't looked back since it outlawed revealing swimwear for men","url":"https://time.com/3899740/mankini-ban-crime-tourism/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt071a05747eef30a0/698852060b72e356c46e4355/fistral-beach-newquay.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt071a05747eef30a0/698852060b72e356c46e4355/fistral-beach-newquay.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"fistral beach newquay united kingdom","caption":"fistral beach newquay united kingdom","creditText":"Matt Cardy—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3899740/mankini-ban-crime-tourism/","name":"This Town Says a Ban on Mankinis Helped Reduce Crime"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Borat - Trailer","description":"Borat - Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/xBQsKkm5/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-06-27T19:45:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xBQsKkm5.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3899740/mankini-ban-crime-tourism/","duration":"PT2M26S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3899740/mankini-ban-crime-tourism/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```