>Something similar has happened in the USA, where they > fell by 60 per cent between 2004 and 2014 [0] I think it is bad form to state the British decline in '

>Something similar has happened in the USA, where they > fell by 60 per cent between 2004 and 2014 [0] I think it is bad form to state the British decline in 'heists' as absolute numbers and then the US decline as a percentage. It obscures the point. Moreover, the headline article's calculated decline in US heists is 'fell by 60 per cent between 2004 and 2014'; however the article it references [1] states a reduction from 6822 to 3961, which I interpret as a 42% decline. Or my reading comprehension skills are completely foobar'd this evening. I don't know that it is entirely fair of me, but my tendency is to become more skeptical of the article overall when attention to smaller details like these are lacking. [0] Headline Article [1] http://www.cnbc.com/2015/05/14/todays-bonnie-and-clydes-getting-tougher-to-find.html http://www.cnbc.com/2015/05/14/todays-bonnie-and-clydes-gett...