Crime rates
#151
Re: Crime rates
Gordon Browns finger nails look like they've been through a chipper
#157
Re: Crime rates
Statistics I`ve been looking at place The UK as one of the unsafer countries in western Europe all of the Nordic countries, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Spain and Portrugal etc were all deemed safer to live in, with New Zealand, Canada and even Chile leading the way outside of Europe. If you look at my first threads which seem like an age ago now. The real concern for Brits is not so much just the actual crime levels, but more to do with the madness that is actually behind them, as more and more perpretators of these crimes are just kids. Families just don`t want their children growing up in this environment anymore. This is one of the many reasons why people are leaving the UK in their thousands every single year. This is a statistic that you often see in the British press. Countries like Canada are just one of the many countries they choose.
far safer? Never let the facts get in the way of a good old UK's-gone-to-the-dogs rant.
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#158
Re: Crime rates
The stats that I looked at, I no longer have access to them but if I find the list I will tell you what it is as I have it somewhere. One thing to bear in mind anyway, stats like the news are just fabricated crap that shouldn`t be believed anyway. On top of that most stats lists give you a whole lot of different results as well. I saw one that said USA was the 6 safest country in the world to live in......Thats a joke These lists are just used to frighten people or make them feel better depending on the situation. Better to use your own personal experiences and being aware of what is going on in your own country. For example everybody knows how safe they are in their own part of the country, so why do you need a stats list to tell you that? If you have got the ability of travelling or working abroad then your knowledge will be even greater. Failing that friends or people that live abroad can tell you what you need to know. One thing for certain look at the amount of Brits on this site killing themselves to leave the UK why, quite simple for economical reasons and rising crime levels usually a combination of these two things.
#160
Re: Crime rates
Might surprise you that when I was university I studied statistics for a semester and the first thing you realize, they are not very accurate and can easily be manipulated. They just show trends (probables) and to be accurate need to be studied over a long period of time. Why do you think statistics vary so much? Much like economists as well they can never get it right. Thats why they always **** up the economy.
#161
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Re: Crime rates
Might surprise you that when I was university I studied statistics for a semester and the first thing you realize, they are not very accurate and can easily be manipulated. They just show trends (probables) and to be accurate need to be studied over a long period of time. Why do you think statistics vary so much? Much like economists as well they can never get it right. Thats why they always **** up the economy.
#163
Re: Crime rates
The stats that I looked at, I no longer have access to them but if I find the list I will tell you what it is as I have it somewhere. One thing to bear in mind anyway, stats like the news are just fabricated crap that shouldn`t be believed anyway. On top of that most stats lists give you a whole lot of different results as well. I saw one that said USA was the 6 safest country in the world to live in......Thats a joke These lists are just used to frighten people or make them feel better depending on the situation. Better to use your own personal experiences and being aware of what is going on in your own country. For example everybody knows how safe they are in their own part of the country, so why do you need a stats list to tell you that? If you have got the ability of travelling or working abroad then your knowledge will be even greater. Failing that friends or people that live abroad can tell you what you need to know. One thing for certain look at the amount of Brits on this site killing themselves to leave the UK why, quite simple for economical reasons and rising crime levels usually a combination of these two things.
Clearly the one-off rise in living status due to the higher prices of UK property tend to allow people to live in larger properties in better areas in their new country, but apart from that the stats tend to indicate that most of these countries are pretty similar in most ways - the US tends to be a little further away from the others with its large religiosity, gun issues, lack of socialized health care etc, but still has a lot more in common with the rest of the west than it does the east or developing countries.
The idea that the UK is going down the pan/to hell in a handbasket/to the dogs (and on) seems quite laughable really.
#164
Re: Crime rates
The stats that I looked at, I no longer have access to them but if I find the list I will tell you what it is as I have it somewhere. One thing to bear in mind anyway, stats like the news are just fabricated crap that shouldn`t be believed anyway. On top of that most stats lists give you a whole lot of different results as well. I saw one that said USA was the 6 safest country in the world to live in......Thats a joke.