More stupid stats from BC:
At least they kind of realize this may be misleading:
But these numbers don’t necessarily mean less crime is being committed in the province or that police are cracking down more effectively.
What it means is more crime is going unreported. Someone got into my car the other night. We came out in the morning and found the door to the car open and the glove box open. Admittedly the door was not locked in the first place, but the car was parked in our driveway and it was our car. It’s a crime regardless. But we didn’t report it. Why? Because we knew the cops wouldn’t do a thing. In many other instances I personally have encountered, the police no longer go to what they call “minor” break-ins. No checking for fingerprints, no searching for evidence. Unless you actually see the guy running away or catch him in the act, they ain’t coming.
How many crimes are occurring that people just don’t bother to report to the cops because the value of the goods is less than their insurance anyway, so they’ll just have to pay for it out of pocket? It’s just a bunch of hassle to report crimes that don’t get followed up or help to deal with your loss.
All I know is growing up, my family was not subject to nearly as many crimes as they are now. In the past ten years I personally have been the victim of theft 5 times. In the twenty years prior to that I had been the victim twice. Is it because I have more stuff to steal? I don’t think so. I am thinking of my whole house - in other words, my parents’ and brother and sister’s stuff too.
Is this anyone else’s experience? I’d like to see statistics from surveying people as to the frequency of the average person being a victim of a crime, reported or unreported. Is that trending up or down? Let’s compare official “crime rates” to official victim of crime rates. What is the rate of reported crime per capita versus the number of victims of crime per capita?