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Briton here. Pretty sure I’ve seen statistics indicating that crime is on the increase in the UK. I don’t have these statistics to hand, but I remember less th

by wanda 9y ago

Briton here. Pretty sure I’ve seen statistics indicating that crime is on the increase in the UK. I don’t have these statistics to hand, but I remember less than 6 months ago I would see a victim of a physical crime (stabbing, beating) on a daily basis when I used to commute to Manchester from Leeds. It certainly isn’t comparable to Japan, in my opinion. Whether the police in UK bother to address such crime is another matter.

tonyedgecombe 9y ago
I think it has increased slightly in recent times after falling heavily since the mid nineties.
DanBC 9y ago
UK crime statistics come in two forms. There's police recorded crime, and that has increased significantly (especially for violent crime). There's the ONS crime survey data. This shows most crime is decreasing, although there are some real but small increases in violent crime. It seems a lot of the increase in police recorded crime is because of better recording (especially around crimes of sexual violence like rape or things the police weren't doing so well at like stalking). But there have been some intensive programmes around targeting knife crime and street violence, and that's pushed the numbers up.
adventured 9y ago
Your recollection is right, violent crime is surging in the UK. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/20/official-figures-show-biggest-rise-crime-in-a-decade https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/20/official-fig... http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-39578500 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-39578500 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/20/london-now-dangerous-new-york-crime-stats-suggest/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/20/london-now-danger... http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/29/europe/london-acid-attacks/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/29/europe/london-acid-attacks/ind...

by wanda 9y ago

tonyedgecombe 9y ago

I think it has increased slightly in recent times after falling heavily since the mid nineties.

DanBC 9y ago

UK crime statistics come in two forms. There's police recorded crime, and that has increased significantly (especially for violent crime). There's the ONS crime survey data. This shows most crime is decreasing, although there are some real but small increases in violent crime. It seems a lot of the increase in police recorded crime is because of better recording (especially around crimes of sexual violence like rape or things the police weren't doing so well at like stalking). But there have been some intensive programmes around targeting knife crime and street violence, and that's pushed the numbers up.

adventured 9y ago

Your recollection is right, violent crime is surging in the UK. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/20/official-figures-show-biggest-rise-crime-in-a-decade https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/20/official-fig... http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-39578500 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-39578500 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/20/london-now-dangerous-new-york-crime-stats-suggest/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/20/london-now-danger... http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/29/europe/london-acid-attacks/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/29/europe/london-acid-attacks/ind...