Jul 2, 2009 ... It means there are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the UK, making it the most violent place in Europe. Austria is second, with a rate of 1,677 per 100,000 people, followed by Sweden, Belgium, Finland and Holland. By comparison, America has an estimated rate of 466 violent crimes ...
The article claimed that there were 2,034 violent incidents per 100,000 people in the UK and only 466 in America, a “fact” repeated endlessly on the internet in recent days. But the comparison is a meaningless one. Some crimes are easy to compare on a country-by-country basis. Murders are fairly easy to count – you're ...
Jan 12, 2013 ... There's been a number of memes circulating claiming that the the United Kingdom has a violent crime rate about 4 or 5 times higher than the United States ... Swann gives are out of date: in 2010, according to the FBI, the reported rate of violent crime in the US was 403 incidents per 100,000 people–the 466 ...
List of countries by intentional homicide rate per year per 100,000 inhabitants. The reliability of underlying national murder rate data may vary. The legal definition of "intentional homicide" differs among countries. Intentional homicide may or may not include infanticide, assisted suicide or euthanasia. See how intentional ...
Jul 23, 2012 ... “2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the UK, making it the most violent place in Europe. Austria is second, with a rate of 1,677 per 100,000 people, followed by Sweden, Belgium, Finland and Holland. By comparison, America has an estimated rate of 466 violent crimes per 100,000 population.
There are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the U.K., compared to "466 violent crimes per 100,000" in the United States.