Il Regno Unito sta diventando più senza legge? Abbiamo esaminato i dati sul crimine

> According to the crime survey, there were 9.6 million victim-based crimes (including fraud) in 2024, up from 8.4 million in 2023. But in the grand scheme of things, this might be a blip: in 1995 there were almost 20 million crimes recorded by this survey (and it did not even include fraud then). Violence, in particular, has fallen by about three quarters since the 1990s, a trend mirrored in many rich countries. All crime statistics should be taken with this in mind: Britain is a much safer country than it was 30, 20, even 10 years ago.

I feel like this is the part worth emphasising.

Measuring trends in crime is difficult – you have differences in reporting rates, changes in policy, laws and recording etc., but the crime survey is generally the most reliable and consistent set of data. It’s also worth keeping out for “blips”, where we need long-term trends to see what is actually going on. Unfortunately it takes a while for that data to filter through.

Its reports recorded by police.
Are shops calling? I know people who have been asked if they want a crime report number for insurance, when they say no they end the call, is that recorded?

I can see others have mentioned the reporting rate and it was also my thoughts on this too. With the reports they’re less police available to attend and that being a mildly known fact, maybe that would see less crimes being officially reported? As a result, this could affect the stats right?

The percentage of crimes that result in prosecution is far more important than the absolute number of crimes committed when assessing whether a society is becoming lawless.  

Most crimes aren’t reported…

Im sorry but phone theft for example wasn’t on the scale it is now. People weren’t going around on e-bikes stealing 20-30 phones a day

The country has more people, the idea that with even more people the crime rate has dropped in half is laughable.

Aggregating crime data is also pointless, you can hide horrific increases in violent crime.. in with crimes that are now hard to commit, but less shocking.

(Look at arrest rates for R**e, its only increased since 2016. After steady oscillating numbers for years.) 

Before everyone start blaming immigrants, the performance of police is pathetic, own it. From car theft to robbery their default response is they don’t care. We may have to outsource policing along with IT. Current lot is only good for eating Greggs in their car

The more unsafer the streets get the more the government tells people that the uk has never been safer. Animal farm in full effect

I know they were caricatures but the pictures of 18th Century rowdy raucous mobs in London is how it feels today. It’s like we’re going back to the old days but _way_ back.