An interesting history:
By the 1500s, England's murder rate was lower than the murder rate in modern-day Africa 🏴
— Sam Bidwell (@sam_bidwell) December 23, 2024
And by the 20th century, Britain was one of the least violent societies on Earth – but why was this the case?
A 🧵 on the history of how England crushed crime pic.twitter.com/uripa0j2Eu
Recently (the last 30ish years?) Britain only assigns “murder” as a cause of death following the conviction of a person for that murder.
So, no suspect, no trial, no murder. Easy to cook the books that way