He's most likely talking about the good old days when white working class Londoners with sawn-offs ran into banks wearing stockings over their heads growling LET'S AVE IT OR I'LL SHOOT A HOLE THROUGH YOUR FLAMIN' SKULL!Oh my god, the horror! You're on a website devoted to man who sings "I love the romance of crime." You think he's talking about white collar insurance fraud?
Then they'd go down the boozer and live it large for a while actually drinking alongside Sweeney-style coppers who'd laugh and say: I just might catch ya one of these days me old mucka - and then they'd all get pissed together.
O the romance of crime. Bring it back!