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Bulldog
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Joined: 11 Aug 2005
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Location: (Formerly) Great Britain
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Thu 2 Jul 2009 7 45 am |
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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.
The figures comes on the day new Home Secretary Alan Johnson makes his first major speech on crime, promising to be tough on loutish behaviour.
The Tories said Labour had presided over a decade of spiralling violence.
In the decade following the party's election in 1997, the number of recorded violent attacks soared by 77 per cent to 1.158million - or more than two every minute.
The figures, compiled from reports released by the European Commission and United Nations, also show:
The UK has the second highest overall crime rate in the EU.
It has a higher homicide rate than most of our western European neighbours, including France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
The UK has the fifth highest robbery rate in the EU.
It has the fourth highest burglary rate and the highest absolute number of burglaries in the EU, with double the number of offences than recorded in Germany and France.
But it is the naming of Britain as the most violent country in the EU that is most shocking. The analysis is based on the number of crimes per 100,000 residents.
In the UK, there are 2,034 offences per 100,000 people, way ahead of second-placed Austria with a rate of 1,677.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.html
Who was it that said,
"I'm going to be tough on the causes of crime" |
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mac1
Joined: 11 Jul 2006
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Thu 2 Jul 2009 7 23 pm |
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But it is the naming of Britain as the most violent country in the EU that is most shocking
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Why is that shocking? Could have predicted that myself. |
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Jeffpaul
Joined: 05 Dec 2005
Posts: 3256
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina USA
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Thu 2 Jul 2009 8 25 pm |
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Oh, those rampaging British grannies--the streets aren't safe--
Remember the Monty Python skit?
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Rana
Joined: 07 Nov 2005
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Location: Canada
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