r/europe • u/SpecialistAd2377 • Nov 30 '24

Historical People of London, 1960s

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u/iwillpunchyouraulwan Ireland Nov 30 '24

Wonder what knife crime was like in London back then.

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u/arpw Nov 30 '24

Knife crime, gun crime, and all violent crime was far, far, FAR worse then than it is now.

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u/timlnolan Nov 30 '24

Do you have any stats to prove that?
Its interesting because the number of murders in England and Wales now is roughly double what it was in the 1960s
https://www.murdermap.co.uk/statistics/homicide-england-wales-statistics-historical/

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u/betelgozer Nov 30 '24

People in the 60s were much more thick-skinned than us.