r/MurderedByWords • u/james_dykeson • Aug 05 '19

Murder Murdered by numbers?

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u/PortableDoor5 Aug 05 '19

out of sheer curiosity, what are the murder stats regardless of means of killing?

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u/JustASexyKurt Aug 05 '19 edited Aug 05 '19

5.30 per 100,000 for the US, 1.20 per 100,000 for the UK

Edit: For everyone saying “well if you took out cities X, Y and Z that number would be way lower”, that’s not how statistics work. Unless you’re eliminating comparable British cities, you’re just trying to skew the numbers in your favour.

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u/RawbGun Aug 05 '19

That's pretty yikes

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '19

I mean just think about the issues in general. UK gangs are practically jokes where as you have literal drug cartels in the US. Drug war + actual border with a country that is practically controlled by gangs is obviously going to cause issues. The UK doesn’t really have issues with people crossing over from France bring their issue in their country.