Public in England and Wales wrongly think most killers are minority ethnic

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• atro_city@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It would be good to provide more numbers:

  • how many minority groups there are and what percentage of the population they make
  • the percentage of crime attributed to each group
  • the median income and wealth of each group
  • the median income of the convicted felons

  If a 5% minority is committing 35% of the murders, that isn't good. But if the minority is 35% and the white majority is 65%, then in both groups 1% of the group would be committing crimes. Further, if the minorities mostly have a lower income and live in poverty but commit most of the crimes, but the majority of crimes commited by the white majority are also by poor people, then one could argue the problem isn't ethnicity or whatever - it's income.

  I'm willing to be most crimes are committed by those worse off and not helped by society. And I'm also willing to bet it's because society is being bled dry by the ultra-wealthy who leave crumbs behind for the poor to squabble over, and force them into precarity.

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  • RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/…/latest/

    Looks like 18.3% are “minority ethnic”

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    • atro_city@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Unfortunately, I couldn't find stats on income of criminals.

      This is the best I could find:

      • People who live in more deprived areas are more likely to live in neighbourhoods with higher crime rates.
      • People from minority ethnic groups are more likely than white people to live in neighbourhoods with the highest crime rates.
      • Younger adults are more likely than their older counterparts to live in neighbourhoods with higher crime rates.

      Crime stats

      There's also "Street-level crime and its relationship to deprivation" which confirms the same again in 2026 in London.

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• MonsterMonster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s been reported that one of the founders of Raise The Colours has been charged with murder. The irony of it.

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