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Originally Posted by SilverOne
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This has been common knowlege for those in the know for a long time. Crime in the UK (meaning all crimes) has been much higher than the United States going on 25 almost 30 years. It is rarely reported, because the focus of crime usually only revolves around homicide, which the United States has more of then the UK. However, every other crime statistic i think with the exception of Homicide and Rape the United Kingdom leads the United States. (in some cases by leaps and bounds...like car theft in the UK would make New Jersey car thefts look like amatures lol)
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...e-in-europe.do#
When comparing crime rates from various countries you always have to remember there are slight differences in the way crimes may be reported.
In general i think the difference in crimes between the US and the United Kingdom has to do with sentencing laws and gun laws. The United Kingdom is very easy on criminals for most crimes when compared to the United States, which is much tougher on all crimes when compared to the United Kingdom. The other thing i'd like to highlight is the US is the most "diverse" of all the Western Nations and has the least amount of crime. The third reason i think has to do with gun laws. The UK bans the use of hand guns, so their citizens are all not armed, which makes it easy for would be criminals to assault them. In the US individual in a large number of states are allowed to carry concealed weapons (think Health Care debates), so it is in my opinion a much riskier venture to try to rob an American citizen then a british citizen. It is sad how uninformed most Americans are about their own country, but not all that surprising. Most European cities or cities of the world have much more overall crime then the United States. The only stat of great significance in reporting overall crimes that is always pointed out is the high homicide rates in US cities. (Fact US cities have higher homicide rates, but not overall crime or even for that matter higher violent crime rates than british cities...violent crimes consist of murder, robbery, assault, rape, strongarm theft etc)
Most Americans are not to keen even on homicide statistics in their own country. We have too many people that actually believe a random homicidal stranger poses the most threat. However, all homicide statistics in the US going on 70 plus years have consistently pointed to the fact, that most individuals in the United States killed in homicide greater than 80% knew their killer. Shocking but true just go to the FBI web-site and search the statistics for homicide.
It varies by the race of the victim
White women are mostly killed by white males they know
White males are mostly killed by white males they know
Black women are mostly killed by black males they know
Black males are mostly killed by black males they know
Asian women are mostly killed by asian males they know
Asian males are mostly killed by asian males they know
Hispanic women are mostly killed by hispanic males they know
Hispanic males are mostly killed by hispanic males they know
mostly refers to the majority of homicides
they know refers to the relationship to the victim (usually most all homicides in this country the person is a relative, friend, or general acquintance, which is the really scary part)
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