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> This is surprising to most americans, but the Western EU countries are the least safe when it comes to mugging, stealing, and general crime. This map would a
by cure 5y ago
> This is surprising to most americans, but the Western EU countries are the least safe when it comes to mugging, stealing, and general crime.
This map would also be surprising to Europeans.
This map was generated based on data from Eurostat, "who bases these number on police reports from each country." (sic, cf. https://landgeist.com/2021/10/12/robbery-rate/ https://landgeist.com/2021/10/12/robbery-rate/).
So... the obvious question, then, is how many robberies do not result in a police reports in each country, and how good each country is at reporting all robberies to Eurostat.
I suspect that this map is more of a reflection of the rate of reporting for robberies than the actual rate of robberies, which is why the map is so surprising: it's misleading and does not reflect reality.
- necovek 5y agoIf you can make up claims without backing them up with anything, so could anyone: I raise you and say that there are more unreported robberies in Western EU countries. FWIW, I cannot imagine anyone in Serbia being robbed without reporting it to police (and since you usually lose your ID document if it's your wallet or purse, you have to go to police to report it stolen/lost and get a new one issued), unless it's something like multiple gangs against each other. What I can imagine not being reported are attempted-but-failed robberies, but that strikes me as something anyone anywhere would not report to avoid the hassle for no gain.