Britons greatly overestimate number of sex crimes committed by foreign nationals

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Armand1@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/public-perception-sex-crimes-foreign-nationals-uk-b3032430.html

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!

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MonsterMonster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Whilst they blame immigrants this is happening.

And this

Let’s not forget the pedos amongst them

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- Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yeah I’m way more afraid of far-right racists than foreign nationals.
  
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rayyy@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The rich control the news and they tell the masses what to fear and hate.

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- yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yeah this is about 2% on the gullible masses and 98% on the media for over/under reporting to fit a narrative.
  
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Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Don’t be surprised, right wing agitators are deliberately poisoning the informationsphere to achieve this. While the state having a tighter grip on public speech has well known issues, in my opinion, the free speech the right wing agitators are using has failed as well. Many people are just not willing enough to question a narrative when it affirms their beliefs. So in my mind, the only other way to keep people from being misled is keeping those narratives away from them.

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HerbGrower@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
They overestimate crimes in general.

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- Paddzr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.
  
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MrSulu@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
That and who is most likely to kill women every week. Shock news, it’s us locals. Not immigrants. Further shock news, many of the Right wing agitators are convicted wife beaters, or have other domestic abuse offences.

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username_1@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
And what percentage do those “foreign nationals” make in total? Because if they are about, lets say, 5% of the whole population and are responsible for 15% of crimes (only sex crimes type!) then it shows that immigration laws are not good enough.

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- Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  The most recent published figures we have for foreign born UK population is from the 2011 census where it’s at 16%. Given the very high levels of immigration we’ve had over the last 15 years coupled with the historically low British born people having children in the same period, it’s certainly going to be higher than that today but without reliable figures it’s impossible to give a firm percentage.
  
  The prison population is about 15% foreign born, which is already below the gross average of the general population, there’s also the issue that there’s a higher proportion of immigration among younger males who are disproportionate more likely to commit crimes.
  
  The fact that the foreign born prison population is so low is actually proof of how foreign born individuals actually commit crimes at a significantly lower rate than their British born equivalents.
  
  But don’t let a few things like that get in the way of your righteous anger though…
  
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- Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Treat a man like an animal and they’ll behave like an animal. You are correct, immigration laws aren’t good enough. But probably not in the way you think. Greater efforts must be undertaken to integrate immigrants into the society. They must be given job opporrunities and support.
  
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- Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It’s 16 to 19%
  
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  - username_1@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    So, parity then? Still, it shows that immigration laws are not good enough. Local are locals. Total random. But with functional immigration rules one can expect nicer people to be let in and bad people are forbidden to enter. No? So with normally working laws percentage of crimes committed by foreigners should be noticeably lower.
    
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- SarahValentine@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Better deport the rest of the nation’s population to be sure.
  
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