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!

  • Paddzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    And I’d argue reporting of crime has also plummeted because police doesn’t give a fuck anymore and no one will even come out… or so I’m told.

    My one encounter with police in the past 5 years was positive.