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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance
The trouble is it's a survey and we don't know enough about the sample size, the areas covered or the types of people interviewed - however, according to the notes, we do know that it 'includes common assault, wounding, robbery and snatch theft. It does not include homicide (as the victims cannot be surveyed) and other types of violent crime, like firearms offences' - so the things that really matter like escalating gun and knife crime appear not to be included anyway. ~snip
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Cf, over here, "firearms offences" are not crimes committed with a firearm but crimes resulting in having or carrying a firearm. I'm wondering if it means the same thing there.
If that's the case, it could explain why the BCS is going down while the police, since handguns are pretty much outlawed, could be arresting more people for possession thus showing a sharp increase in total crimes?
