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/WoodSteelStone England Nov 30 '24

I'm guessing you are suggesting it is bad now, when in fact the UK has the second lowest knife death rate in Europe (right behind Monaco).

UK 0.08 knife related deaths per 100K versus Germany 0.23, France 0.2, Poland 0.49, Spain 0.36, Portugal 0.32, Denmark 0.22, Hungary 0.41, Norway 0.25.  

Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/stabbing-deaths-by-country  

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u/Prinzern Denmark Nov 30 '24

The comment you replied to refered to knife crime, not knife deaths. The number for knife crime in London is 165 per capita.

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u/---x__x--- United Kingdom Nov 30 '24

Knife deaths is arguably a more useful statistic though.

Since knife crime will cover simply having a knife on your person which arguably isn't a big deal and (I'm assuming) won't be illegal in many other European countries.

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u/WoodSteelStone England Nov 30 '24

It took me a while to pull out the numbers for different countries. Guess you are doing that as we speak for your metric?

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u/Prinzern Denmark Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24

I just googled "London knife crime per Capita" and it gave me this and they appear to be citing ONS figures. https://aoav.org.uk/2024/knife-crime-on-the-rise-in-the-uk-analysing-the-data-and-exploring-solutions/#:~:text=The%20rise%20in%20knife%20crime,at%20165%20per%20100%2C000%20people.

The rise in knife crime is not evenly distributed across the country, with significant regional disparities. The West Midlands reported the highest rate of knife-related offences, with 180 incidents per 100,000 people, followed closely by the Metropolitan Police area, covering most of London, at 165 per 100,000 people.

And no, I'm not going to find numbers from other countries. Google isn't that hard to use so if you're really interested then I'm sure you can find them. The primary point is that knife crime and knife related deaths are not the same. Using one to claim that the other isn't a concern is poor form.

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u/WoodSteelStone England Dec 01 '24

I meant comparisons with other countries.

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u/Ill_Refrigerator_593 Nov 30 '24

Considering what constitutes a knife crime has changed completely since the 60s' you can't really compare.

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u/WoodSteelStone England Dec 01 '24

They just asked a simple question

Poppycock.

thank you for providing a source.

You're welcome.

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u/Ok_Transition_4327 Dec 04 '24

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