> Hopefully this will allow the police to do something about crime which is becoming a huge issue in Europe (probably thanks to lockdowns, recession, uncontroll

> Hopefully this will allow the police to do something about crime which is becoming a huge issue in Europe (probably thanks to lockdowns, recession, uncontrolled immigration). Definitely not everywhere in Europe - the PKS in germany shows declining levels of crime (+) as well as for violent crimes (++) since 2017 until 2021. Now, this statistics need to be read carefully since they track what‘s been _reported_ to the police with no further investigation, so there are various statistical effects to take into account when reading them (+++), but they do provide a good idea of the overall trend. If crime were becoming a huge issue in germany, one would expect an uptick in reported crimes, but that‘s not visible anywhere in the stats. (+) https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/PolizeilicheKriminalstatistik/2021/BundesdatenDelikte/02_StraftatenInsgesamtOhneAuslaenderrechtBRD.pdf%3Bjsessionid=04E3114F9E4974A5DC6272F4D7799B93.live612?__blob=publicationFile&v=3 https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/Pol... (++) https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/PolizeilicheKriminalstatistik/2021/BundesdatenDelikte/13_GewaltkriminalitaetBRD.pdf%3Bjsessionid=04E3114F9E4974A5DC6272F4D7799B93.live612?__blob=publicationFile&v=3 https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/Pol... (+++) for example, it‘s much more likely that immigrants get reported after a street/bar fight than native Germans. Another example is that rape and sexual harassment are underreported, but the willingness to report is rising, so it‘s currently not exactly clear what produces the rise in the stats.