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Aren’t people far more likely to be a victim of crime in the UK?

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ska 7y ago
It doesn't seem to be true (some silly news articles notwithstanding) but these things are surprisingly difficult to compare properly.
jdietrich 7y ago
It's very difficult to compare like-for-like, because we have different laws and compile crime statistics differently. The intentional homicide rate is substantially lower in the UK (1.2 vs 5.35 per 100,000), as is our rate of killings by law enforcement (0.2 vs 30.4 per 10,000,000). The UK may have slightly more property crime (12.2% vs 10% of population victimised), but it's not clear if that comparison is statistically valid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_by_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforc... https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Property-crime-victims https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Proper...
dazc 7y ago
From petty crime, I suspect, yes. Why, because even when criminals are convicted they spend very short periods of time in prison (if at all). And, on release, they have much less chance of integrating into normal society than previously and fall into a pattern of reoffending, going to prison, reoffending, and so on. In the UK, it seems, almost everyone has a tale about when they were burgled, when they were mugged or when their car was broken into. Is this so in other countries, I think not?
- mantap 7y ago
  I have never been burgled, mugged or had my car broken into. The only crime that I worry about on a regular basis is pickpocketing but this is similar to other European countries.
lostjohnny 7y ago
It depends on what you mean by people. Are you a WASP? I guess you're safe in US. Are you black, latin american, native american, foreigner? I'm quite sure you are safer outside of the US.

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ska 7y ago

It doesn't seem to be true (some silly news articles notwithstanding) but these things are surprisingly difficult to compare properly.

jdietrich 7y ago

It's very difficult to compare like-for-like, because we have different laws and compile crime statistics differently. The intentional homicide rate is substantially lower in the UK (1.2 vs 5.35 per 100,000), as is our rate of killings by law enforcement (0.2 vs 30.4 per 10,000,000). The UK may have slightly more property crime (12.2% vs 10% of population victimised), but it's not clear if that comparison is statistically valid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_by_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforc... https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Property-crime-victims https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Proper...

dazc 7y ago

From petty crime, I suspect, yes. Why, because even when criminals are convicted they spend very short periods of time in prison (if at all). And, on release, they have much less chance of integrating into normal society than previously and fall into a pattern of reoffending, going to prison, reoffending, and so on. In the UK, it seems, almost everyone has a tale about when they were burgled, when they were mugged or when their car was broken into. Is this so in other countries, I think not?

mantap 7y ago
I have never been burgled, mugged or had my car broken into. The only crime that I worry about on a regular basis is pickpocketing but this is similar to other European countries.

lostjohnny 7y ago

It depends on what you mean by people. Are you a WASP? I guess you're safe in US. Are you black, latin american, native american, foreigner? I'm quite sure you are safer outside of the US.