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>Is this much less accurate than governmental statistics? In some countries, governments have a detailed statistics based on a number of reported crimes per ca
by Cycl0ps 5y ago
>Is this much less accurate than governmental statistics?
In some countries, governments have a detailed statistics based on a number of reported crimes per capita. Those surveys are particular good in comparing crime between two cities in that country, but are not so good in cross country comparison for the following reasons:
By its own admission this isn't a good metric
- raxxorrax 5y agoTrue, it depends on individual methods for data collection. Still, there should be some evidence for the effectiveness of video surveillance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_London doesn't really reflect a significant influence. It is falling slightly, just analogous to almost any other European city or capital.