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It would also suggest that the murder rate would have been ridiculously low - in modern times, it's 1.2/100k. In 1831, the start of the era, that would mean tha
by Evgeny 13y ago
It would also suggest that the murder rate would have been ridiculously low - in modern times, it's 1.2/100k. In 1831, the start of the era, that would mean that the UK had a mere 3 murders of its 13 million people for the entire year. Difficult to believe.
Difficult indeed. Wouldn't 1.2 per 100k translate to 156 when scaled to 13 million?
- anbu32 13y agoThe claim was that the crime rate was 50 times lower than today. 156/50 ~= 3.
- pdonis 13y agoThe crime rate, not the murder rate. Murder is only one crime.
- vacri 13y agoHow is "the crime rate" calculated?
- pdonis 13y agoUm, the number of crimes in a given time period divided by the population?
- vacri 13y agoSo a murder is rated the same as stealing a penny candy?
- pdonis 13y agoIf you're just calculating the overall crime rate, yes. If you want to calculate the murder rate, the penny candy stealing rate, and other rates of individual crimes separately, of course you can do that too. (Though you might find it difficult to find numbers for penny candy stealing.)