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Your safety is a measure of how likely you are to be attacked, which is fundamentally a per capita measurement. If there are twice as many people and 10% more
by seanflyon 12y ago
Your safety is a measure of how likely you are to be attacked, which is fundamentally a per capita measurement. If there are twice as many people and 10% more attacks, that means that the average person is less likely to be attacked.
- fiatmoney 12y agoNo. Crimes per capita can obviously be concentrated in a smaller segment of the population (for instance, those that live in high crime areas). Half the population twice as frequently, or vice versa, looks the same in aggregate but not in perception. And geographic concerns do matter. "I must live in this expensive area to avoid being mugged" drives a perception of unsafety even if you are not being mugged.