Homicides at lowest level in nearly 50 years, ONS says

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk86rr0vxyo

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Worx@lemmynsfw.com · 11 pts · 231d (2 replies)

I'm doing my part! I haven't murdered anyone in the last 51 years!

mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 231d

”I'm 70, btw!"

Codpiece@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 231d

It feels like you should have some kind of achievement badge for that.

frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 231d (2 replies)

Farage: "there are some significant rises in crimes of all kinds, particularly crimes against the person"

Codpiece@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 231d

That’s a lesson straight from Trumps Office of Made Up Statistics.

Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 231d

Well he kinda needs people to think things are getting worse, but the only things that are actually getting worse are things he will make even worse.

abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 231d

It's a fact, that is inconvenient to the alarmist press, that crime peaked in the early 90s. 

mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 231d (1 reply)

I mean... Even the criminals are depressed and unmotivated.

SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 231d

I think this must be the problem. Why won't Labour fix this?

UnspecificGravity@piefed.social · 3 pts · 231d

Quick, better get more cops and less rights!

altphoto@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 231d

Its a crisis! Nobody's killing people. Just *rump, but that's in a meruca.