Why is crime so high in England?

[Beanz]

Does immigration have anything to do with the high crime rate in the UK?

Yes, because of our island mentality many immigrants have fled persecution only to become victims of crime here. Still the crime rate despite your seeming one man crusade to suggest otherwise is not High. Neither were the 1980's so different from today, rather than a Utopian vision of La La land where people in bowler hats took high tea and Said "what,what, I say old boy" a lot, there were race riots, football violence and the odd serial killer, much like any other western country.