I never mentioned crime in my story. You're the one that brought that up.
QUOTE: According to incomplete data released by the FBI, violent crime fell by an estimated 1% in 2021 compared with the previous year. However, the number of murders increased by more than 4%.
https://www.bbc.com/news/57581270
QUOTE: It is a higher number of mass shootings than in previous years, according to the organisation that publicly tracks gun-related deaths and injuries in the US. The years 2020, 2021 and 2022 were also much more deadly than the years before.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64377360
QUOTE (Ireland). There has been a significant increase in violent crime, robbery and thefts, according to the latest CSO crime figures. The figures show homicide offences, which include murder and manslaughter, increased by almost a third with 17 more people dying violently up to the first half of this year when compared to last year.
https://www.rte.ie/news/crime/2023/0925/1407174-crime-figures-cso/#:
QUOTE: (UK) Overall, the police recorded 2.1 million offences of violence against the person in the year ending March 2023. This was a 20% rise compared with the pre-coronavirus pandemic year ending March 2020 (1.8 million offences) and a slight increase (1%) compared with the year ending March 2022.
QUOTE: (France) Violent crimes in France rose to around 384,100 offences in 2023, according to police recorded crime statistics, a large increase of more than 30,000 when compared with the previous year, when there were 353,600 violent crime offences.31 Jan 2024
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1418966/violent-crimes-in-france/#:
QUOTE: (Germany) In 2021, German police registered around 197,200 cases of violent crime which was a large increase compared with the year before. During the specified period, figures peaked in 2007. Violent crimes are characterized by the use of force or even weapons on a victim.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101220/violent-crime-cases-numbers-police-record-germany/#:
You must believe what you want to believe. I do not have the time to go through the statistics of 195 countries to prove something to you. Cheers.
