Re:Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate
by jandrewrogers on Sunday October 22, 2023 @11:40PM
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According to the article, that is 114 homicides in King County, not Seattle. King County has well over 2 million people.
Re:Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate
by knubie on Sunday October 22, 2023 @11:34PM
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A "reasonable" homicide rate might be something similar to the rate in other developed countries, so about 1/10 of what it is in Seattle.
Re:Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate
by mrosett on Sunday October 22, 2023 @11:35PM
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Western European countries are around 1 per 100,000 population per year. Seattle is 15x that rate based on those statistics. Seems bad.
Re:Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate
by shepherdjerred on Monday October 23, 2023 @02:27AM
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Maybe my statement was a bit too broad. What I was trying to communicate was that statistically, the chance you get murdered in Seattle is still extremely low despite the headline that seems to be spreading fear.
Re:Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate
by MattGaiser on Sunday October 22, 2023 @11:29PM
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My city of Calgary has about a quarter of that at one million people. We have about 25 a year.
Re:Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate
by gdgegeg on Monday October 23, 2023 @09:48AM
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London, with its current population of rougly 9.6 million¹, recorded 112 homocides in the 2023-2023 reporting year².
If London had the same homocide rate per capita as Seattle, that would equate to 1459 homocides in the same period.
[1] https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/22860/london/population#:....
[2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/862984/murders-in-london....
I don't have any knowledge of what a "reasonable" homicide rate is, but that seems extraordinarily low for anywhere in any point in history.