Well here's some data to support my side of the argument. Note that this chart uses a logarithmic scale: https://i.ibb.co/gMtDhgQ/b.png https://i.ibb.co/gMtDhg

Well here's some data to support my side of the argument. Note that this chart uses a logarithmic scale: https://i.ibb.co/gMtDhgQ/b.png https://i.ibb.co/gMtDhgQ/b.png Full PDF: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/Crime-statistics/International_Statistics_on_Crime_and_Justice.pdf https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/Crime-stat... Sadly I couldn't find the number of arrests made in any useful comparison, but US police have a policy of "taking people in" for almost any offense, so I'd expect it to roughly match that.