Quote Originally Posted by Divine Wright View Post
Isn't it a THING that violent crime is generally going down year upon year?? .....compared to thirty years ago I'd imagine there is a much lower chance of getting duffed up at a football match.

Conversely , the Western Mail has got shitter and shitter and now dedicates all it's time to "reporting" on petty crime and posting mugshots of pasty faced , drug crazed loners who did a ram raid in 2019.

Desperate, sensationalist media is responsible for a perceived increase in violent crime.

That said, personally, I'd kick that can down the road for another year or two.


Quick google ...


........1 plus million victims of violent crime in 2022 compared to 4 somethign million in 1995.....knife crime down on prepandemic figures ......et etc

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...ndingmarch2022
This would actually make a decent thread on its own. Anecdotally, i believe that society is less violent today than it was when i was growing up. When i was a kid, the chances of getting a hiding from bullies on the estate, fighting at the football or on a night out was a considerable risk, this from someone who never courted violence. Teachers used violence, as did the police, and plenty of parents hit their kids and even the neighbours kids!