Why is crime so high in England?

[Gandalf]

You are wanker with no empathy for those killed with those guns of horrid intent. Semantics are stupid when dealing with fatheaded clouts like you. And you are talking about crime?

America is a joke country. There is no comparison. South Africa maybe, but England....No.

[El Kabong]

You are wanker with no empathy for those killed with those guns of horrid intent. Semantics are stupid when dealing with fatheaded clouts like you. And you are talking about crime?

America is a joke country. There is no comparison. South Africa maybe, but England....No.

Miles, I have empathy for those killed, but not so much that I will surrender my rights to the Federal Government only an idiot would suggest that.

[Gandalf]

You are wanker with no empathy for those killed with those guns of horrid intent. Semantics are stupid when dealing with fatheaded clouts like you. And you are talking about crime?

America is a joke country. There is no comparison. South Africa maybe, but England....No.

Miles, I have empathy for those killed, but not so much that I will surrender my rights to the Federal Government only an idiot would suggest that.

You are an idiot. And you have no choice. So you have no point. Nuke by shotgun? Just stupid.

[El Kabong]

You are an idiot. And you have no choice. So you have no point. Nuke by shotgun? Just stupid.

For an "English Teacher" you seem to be having a difficult time putting together a rational post. Also I would like to inform you that "And you have no choice." is an incomplete sentence as are "So you have no point.", "Nuke by Shotgun?", & "Just Stupid."....I hope that helps you in your future posts "Professor"

[Dia bando]

This is about crime, not fucking GUN'S let's stick to the crime discussion please.

[VictorCharlie]

You are wanker with no empathy for those killed with those guns of horrid intent. Semantics are stupid when dealing with fatheaded clouts like you. And you are talking about crime?

America is a joke country. There is no comparison. South Africa maybe, but England....No.

No comparison? I'd say being twice as likely to be assaulted or raped hardly something to hang your hat on.

[El Kabong]

No comparison? I'd say being twice as likely to be assaulted or raped hardly something to hang your hat on.

And miles what do you have to say in response to that?




.......oooooookay

[Beanz]

You are wanker with no empathy for those killed with those guns of horrid intent. Semantics are stupid when dealing with fatheaded clouts like you. And you are talking about crime?

America is a joke country. There is no comparison. South Africa maybe, but England....No.

No comparison? I'd say being twice as likely to be assaulted or raped hardly something to hang your hat on.

According to who ? The statistics do not support such an easy supposition. The willingness to report crime, the prosecuting authorities definition of crime, The populations definition of crime, are all extremely different in both countries. In some cases almost diametrically opposed. If I am 668 times more likely to be murdered in the US with a firearm than the UK then the comparison is pretty clear and obvious but what an American citizen would class as an assault and would a British citizen would think constitutes assault, are much more fuzzy. So many assaults are not recorded. On top of that you have to factor what the law in each country classes as an assault. You then have to factor in the fact that all though many people report crimes not all cases are prosecutable and the factors that decide this are again very different in each country. Then you have to factor in the simple truth that America imprisons far more criminals percentage wise than the UK. Crime is not so high in England as the OP has suggested nor has it risen dramatically.

[VictorCharlie]

You are wanker with no empathy for those killed with those guns of horrid intent. Semantics are stupid when dealing with fatheaded clouts like you. And you are talking about crime?

America is a joke country. There is no comparison. South Africa maybe, but England....No.

No comparison? I'd say being twice as likely to be assaulted or raped hardly something to hang your hat on.

According to who ? The statistics do not support such an easy supposition. The willingness to report crime, the prosecuting authorities definition of crime, The populations definition of crime, are all extremely different in both countries. In some cases almost diametrically opposed. If I am 668 times more likely to be murdered in the US with a firearm than the UK then the comparison is pretty clear and obvious but what an American citizen would class as an assault and would a British citizen would think constitutes assault, are much more fuzzy. So many assaults are not recorded. On top of that you have to factor what the law in each country classes as an assault. You then have to factor in the fact that all though many people report crimes not all cases are prosecutable and the factors that decide this are again very different in each country. Then you have to factor in the simple truth that America imprisons far more criminals percentage wise than the UK. Crime is not so high in England as the OP has suggested nor has it risen dramatically.

I'm basing that statement on the link I posted previously. 2.8% of UK citizens are victims of assault versus 1.2% of US citizens; 0.9% of UK citizens are victims of rape compared to 0.4% of US citizens per the United Nations Inter-regional Crime and Justice Research Institute. I'm not claiming those stats to be infallible nor that there are not other perspectives on them but even if they are off by a percentage point then really the likelihood of being assaulted or raped is about the same and hence comparable.

[Dia bando]

You are wanker with no empathy for those killed with those guns of horrid intent. Semantics are stupid when dealing with fatheaded clouts like you. And you are talking about crime?

America is a joke country. There is no comparison. South Africa maybe, but England....No.

No comparison? I'd say being twice as likely to be assaulted or raped hardly something to hang your hat on.

According to who ? The statistics do not support such an easy supposition. The willingness to report crime, the prosecuting authorities definition of crime, The populations definition of crime, are all extremely different in both countries. In some cases almost diametrically opposed. If I am 668 times more likely to be murdered in the US with a firearm than the UK then the comparison is pretty clear and obvious but what an American citizen would class as an assault and would a British citizen would think constitutes assault, are much more fuzzy. So many assaults are not recorded. On top of that you have to factor what the law in each country classes as an assault. You then have to factor in the fact that all though many people report crimes not all cases are prosecutable and the factors that decide this are again very different in each country. Then you have to factor in the simple truth that America imprisons far more criminals percentage wise than the UK. Crime is not so high in England as the OP has suggested nor has it risen dramatically.

I'm basing that statement on the link I posted previously. 2.8% of UK citizens are victims of assault versus 1.2% of US citizens; 0.9% of UK citizens are victims of rape compared to 0.4% of US citizens per the United Nations Inter-regional Crime and Justice Research Institute. I'm not claiming those stats to be infallible nor that there are not other perspectives on them but even if they are off by a percentage point then really the likelihood of being assaulted or raped is about the same and hence comparable.

Interesting on theses facts and figures, being you must have a bigger percentage of violent crime
it has to be with the much bigger population.!

[Andre]

You are wanker with no empathy for those killed with those guns of horrid intent. Semantics are stupid when dealing with fatheaded clouts like you. And you are talking about crime?

America is a joke country. There is no comparison. South Africa maybe, but England....No.

No comparison? I'd say being twice as likely to be assaulted or raped hardly something to hang your hat on.

According to who ? The statistics do not support such an easy supposition. The willingness to report crime, the prosecuting authorities definition of crime, The populations definition of crime, are all extremely different in both countries. In some cases almost diametrically opposed. If I am 668 times more likely to be murdered in the US with a firearm than the UK then the comparison is pretty clear and obvious but what an American citizen would class as an assault and would a British citizen would think constitutes assault, are much more fuzzy. So many assaults are not recorded. On top of that you have to factor what the law in each country classes as an assault. You then have to factor in the fact that all though many people report crimes not all cases are prosecutable and the factors that decide this are again very different in each country. Then you have to factor in the simple truth that America imprisons far more criminals percentage wise than the UK. Crime is not so high in England as the OP has suggested nor has it risen dramatically.

I'm basing that statement on the link I posted previously. 2.8% of UK citizens are victims of assault versus 1.2% of US citizens; 0.9% of UK citizens are victims of rape compared to 0.4% of US citizens per the United Nations Inter-regional Crime and Justice Research Institute. I'm not claiming those stats to be infallible nor that there are not other perspectives on them but even if they are off by a percentage point then really the likelihood of being assaulted or raped is about the same and hence comparable.

Interesting on theses facts and figures, being you must have a bigger percentage of violent crime
it has to be with the much bigger population.!

and bigger penises.

[Beanz]

Crime statistics for England & Wales: violent crime and sexual offences | News | guardian.co.uk



The UK is officially getting safer – no thanks to party politics | Ally Fogg | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

[VictorCharlie]

The link had total US crimes at almost 12 million and UK at 6.5 million but the percent of crime (any type) victim was 5.3% higher in the UK. 21.1% in the US to 26.4% in the UK. Off the top of my head I think the UK has about 20% of our population. So going strictly by the link's stats each nation has their specific crime issues with the UK having more crime per-capita but obviously the US is holding the torch on homicide by a hefty margin..