Rates of mobile phone theft, domestic burglary, vehicle theft, and murder have all fallen – despite perceptions that all have risen, a new study has found

New research on public perception of crime found the public guessed foreign nationals make up twice the number of sexual offenders than official statistics show (30 per cent compared to 15 per cent). They also estimated foreign nationals make up 25 per cent of the prison population, when in reality they make up just 15 per cent.

Rates of mobile phone theft, domestic burglary, vehicle theft, and murder have all fallen, despite perceptions that all have risen, the study found. In fact, researchers at King’s College London found, the general public were wrong about crime on nearly every measure

Based on two surveys of 1,797 and 2,164 UK adults, the research suggested Reform UK supporters stand out as consistently the most wrong

Color me surprised!

  • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    6 days ago

    with functional immigration rules one can expect nicer people to be let in and bad people are forbidden to enter.

    How do you propose we determine who will commit a crime before letting them in? Why do locals get a pass to you for committing the same crimes at similar rates as foreigners?

    I think someone is misdirecting your anger to the wrong targets. Most immigrants do not want to harm you. Billionaires, on the other hand, love it when we harm each other instead of them. They don’t want to lose their wealth, their power; they want to widen the gap even more. They want to control us through fearmongering and deception.