The Boycott lead to the Race Discrimination Act of 1965 which banned public displays of racial segregation and the Race Discrimination Act of 1968 which extended these to housing and employment. Overall, there were social tensions during this period however this should be expected when a white Christian society experiences its first wave of immigrants. There was also active opposition to racial segregation which showed that people were actively anti-racist, with the minority being racist.
There was a sharp increase in organised crime during this period, the crime levels rose from 461,000 to 1.1 million from 1950-1965. Reggie and Ronnie Kray reached their peak of notoriety. They grew up in a culture of boxing and street fighting in London's East End and begun their full-scale criminal career after they were jailed for repeatedly deserting their National Service duty. They built up a crime empire of clubs and became outwardly respectable. Violence among youths also increased, this was due to an increase in disposable income as well as improved transport. This meant that many teenagers were now able to flock to the south coast holiday resorts. This resulted in the "Mods and Rockers" clash in the Brighton riots in 1964. The "Mods and Rockers" were not organised criminals. The disorder that they caused was that of a new, aggressive youth culture which was disrespectful of authority. This was possibly due to national service being abandoned in 1960 and the school leaving age being increased to 16. This shows that there was social unrest during this period, as teenagers were willing to clash over petty things such as style and music, it must have been deemed acceptable in the first place. However, it can be argued that crime rates during the 1950s were relatively low. During the Second World War, crime rates officially fell. However, many crimes went unoticed due to a shortage in the police force due to war and due to black outs.