Electric vehicle battery causes fire at Sydney Airport, destroys five cars

Re:Electric vehicle battery causes fire at Sydney Airport, d... by lol768 on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @07:06AM (#37479277)

> This is why in a place like Coventry (where I am from) there is a really serious amount of crime (violence against people is third highest per capita in the UK) but stabbings never get reported in the newspaper, unless it was a young child or a mother or something else notable.

> violent crime per capita is about 50% of what it is in Coventry

Wood End doing most of the heavy lifting there..?

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Re:Electric vehicle battery causes fire at Sydney Airport, d... by dijit on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @07:21AM (#37479413)

Weird to see people living in my home town here, looks like you're also into security and IRC. I wonder if there's something about the city that causes this. :D

Actually statistically Wood End does not appear more violent than anywhere else: https://crimerate.co.uk/west-midlands/coventry

However... when I was a teenager the police intentionally did not go there on patrol and there was a general tone across the city amongst people of: "don't talk to the police". People would pridefully talk about not being "a grass"[0]- so, those statistics should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Nonetheless, it's obvious that violent crime (even reported) is more rampant than the average and it is rarely commented on in regional or national news. Which I infer is because it is so common and therefore not noteworthy/newsworthy.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergrass_(informant)#:~:text....

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