The most violent country in Europe: Britain

 news, politics
Jul 022009
 

Huh.

From the Mail Online:

 

Britain’s violent crime record is worse than any other country in the European union, it is revealed today.

Official crime figures show the UK also has a worse rate for all types of violence than the U.S. and even South Africa – widely considered one of the world’s most dangerous countries.

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In the UK, there are 2,034 offences per 100,000 people, way ahead of second-placed Austria with a rate of 1,677. 

The U.S. has a violence rate of 466 crimes per 100,000 residents, Canada 935, Australia 92 and South Africa 1,609. 

Damn. The US is even behind Canada. What they hell is that about?

 Posted by at 10:18 am

  4 Responses to “The most violent country in Europe: Britain”

  1. Brianna says:
    July 3, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    Well, it might have something to do with the “give up your knives” signs that I saw in Birmingham, England when I lived there a few years back. Yep. Not content with getting rid of guns, they were working on knives. Canada bans gun ownership too. Don’t know if they’re working on knives though.

  2. K says:
    July 4, 2009 at 1:19 am

    There was a time when Britain was near devoid of violent crime. They had something like 64 murders/year. I remember the British students coming to my university to agitate for gun banning in the US so we could be just as non violent as they.

    So what happened? One hint is that it wasn’t only gun/knife control. Japan’s weapon control regime is far worse and they have far less violent crime. No, the difference between now and then was opening up the country to 3rd world immigrants, most of whom have no intention of adopting the British culture. Combine that with victim disarmament and you’ve got the recipe for a horrific crime rate.

  3. Rickshaw says:
    July 5, 2009 at 12:49 am

    Gotta love it. K suggests its the fault of 3rd world immigration. Lets have a bit of gun-nuttery mixed with a bit of racism. Wow!

    I note that you’re five times less likely to be a victim of violent crime downunder. And thats with gun control too.

  4. admin says:
    July 5, 2009 at 7:32 am

    > Lets have a bit of gun-nuttery mixed with a bit of racism.

    I’m honestly curious where you see either gun nuttery *or* racism in K’s post.

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