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So I'm actually kinda surprised upon looking this up - yes UK has a higher rate of burglaries per capita than US[0], but not that much higher - 527 vs 617. Desp

So I'm actually kinda surprised upon looking this up - yes UK has a higher rate of burglaries per capita than US[0], but not that much higher - 527 vs 617. Despite owning literally 30x times more guns per capita than UK(120 vs 4)[1], US is still rating pretty badly on global burglary index. I suspect it's just not as much of a detterent as people think it is. [0] https://www.budgetdirect.com.au/content/dam/budgetdirect/website-assets/2017/home/content/research/global-burglary-rates-1-world_map_HD.png https://www.budgetdirect.com.au/content/dam/budgetdirect/web... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_g...

bsder 4y ago
1) "Burglary" is different from "Robbery" (threat of violence) in most places in the US. UK has 35% more car thefts per capita and 2x the robbery victims. https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/United-Kingdom/United-States/Crime/table https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/United-Kin... 2) "Number of burglaries" is different from "Will upgrade from car theft to robbery". Burglars and car thieves in the US are generally trying to make sure that nobody is around and would generally find a different target if that wasn't the case. Few would upgrade to robbery as that very much would get the attention of the authorities in the US.
- gambiting 4y ago
  Thank you!