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Funny, I must have missed this massive wave of crime. From the same Guardian article: "The policing minister, Nick Hurd, said that crime, as measured by the c
by msg3 9y ago
Funny, I must have missed this massive wave of crime.
From the same Guardian article:
"The policing minister, Nick Hurd, said that crime, as measured by the crime survey, was down by a third since 2010 and by 69% since its 1995 peak."
From the BBC article:
Martin Hewitt, assistant commissioner responsible for territorial policing, said: "Similar to the rest of England and Wales, crime rates in London are rising, but many of these are still at a much lower level than five years ago and are against the backdrop of significant reductions in resources.
- adventured 9y agoYou don't think a tripling of acid attacks, a 20% increase in violent offenses, a 24% increase in knife attacks, a 42% jump in gun offenses - all in such a short amount of time, amounts to a wave of crime?
- msg3 9y agoNo.
- adventured 9y agoPlease enlighten as to what would qualify as a wave of crime then, in your opinion. A 600% increase in acid attacks? A 200% increase in gun offenses? A 70% increase in knife crimes?
- Richs99 9y agoA 600% increase in what was a tiny number to start with is not a "crime wave"
- adventured 9y ago~500 acid attacks annually in London, growing as rapidly as it has been the last three years, is not a tiny number nor a trivial matter. London has a lot of knife crime. A 24% increase in such a short amount of time is not a tiny increase in that either.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoSo from 80, to 500, in a population of almost 9 million? That's not to mention that we need to look at numbers in a long term trend, looking at 1 or 2 years of data doesn't show the full story.
- msg3 9y agoSomething not based on cherry-picking statistics.
- pjc50 9y agoThe acid attacks seem to have been a consequence of loosening regulations on acid sales: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/government-acids-acid-attacks-deregulation-act-conservatives-poisons-board-a7856041.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/government-aci...