Comment on London stabbing rates vs X posts about London crime

• Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I mean why was there a big surge around that time? Not referring to the later drop.

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  • 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The surge starts around 2016, could be political instability following David Cameron leaving/Brexit, smartphones being common enough that muggings increase, changes in policies due to Sadiq Khan being elected, children who grew up during the recession growing old enough to join gangs, or a number of other things

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