Either the UN is lieing to us or HCI is lieing to us………. HCI says
England has less crime than the US because they have strict gun control
laws……….. The UN says their crime is the WORST….. Jeeeeeeeee, now
how can that be? The criminals obey all those gun laws and don’t have guns
to commit crime with so the streets of UK SHOULD be safest, no?
The US needs stricter gun cobtrol laws like in England , so we can feel
this safe too. We wouldn’t want the UK to top us jn this area, now would we
???????

Jee, imagine that! HCI lieing to us, who woulds ever thunk it ?????????
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England has worst crime rate in world
By David Bamber, Home Affairs Correspondent
(Filed: 01/12/2002)

England and Wales have the highest crime rate among the world’s leading
economies, according to a new report by the United Nations.

The survey, which is likely to prove embarrassing to David Blunkett, the
Home Secretary. shows that people are more likely to be mugged, burgled,
robbed or assaulted here than in America, Germany, Russia, South Africa or
any other of the world’s 20 largest nations. Only the Dominican Republic,
New Zealand and Finland have higher crime rates than England and Wales.

According to the comparison of international crime statistics produced by
the UN’s Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, England and Wales had
9,766 crimes for every 100,000 people in the year 2000. America had 8,517,
South Africa 7,997, Germany 7,621 and Russia 2,022.

During the period 1998-2000, Britain went from fifth to fourth worst in the
world league table. An analysis of total recorded crime figures before 1998
also suggests that England and Wales have moved sharply up the league table
since Labour came to power in 1997. Crimes fell from 5.5 million in 1993 to
4.5 million in 1997. By 1999, total crimes had risen again to 5.3 million.

Last night Oliver Letwin, the shadow home secretary, said: “This does rather
blow a hole in David Blunkett’s claim that New Labour has crime under
control. It is a damning picture.”

The UN reports also shows that England and Wales are the second-worst places
in the world for assaults, with 851 people assaulted per 100,000, and
seventh for burglaries and car theft, with 1,579 burglaries per 100,000
population.

Criminologists believe that a note of caution needs to be introduced into
analysis of the data, because of the different ways in which UN member
countries record crimes.

A Home Office spokesman said that officials had not yet seen the report and
so could not comment.