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> but how many stabbings have there been so far this year? In the latest figures, there were 726 murders between March 2017 and 2018 in the UK[1] for 66M peopl
by zimpenfish 7y ago
> but how many stabbings have there been so far this year?
In the latest figures, there were 726 murders between March 2017 and 2018 in the UK[1] for 66M people (1 in 91k).
In the US, 2017, there were just over 17000 murders[2] for 325M people (1 in 19k).
Stabbings and gun crime in the UK is going to have to go up a hecking long way before we get anywhere close to the US.
[1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/homicideinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2018 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeand...
[2] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/murder https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-...