Murder Britain: How does your area compare in the 2013 UK Peace Index?
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Your support makes all the difference.The UK Peace index combines five factors to produce a score out of five for each area, with 1 being the most peaceful and 5 being the least.
The factors are:
1. Homicides per 100,000 people
2. Violent crimes per 100,000 people
3. Weapons Crime per 100,000 people
4. Public Disorder Offences per 100,000 people
5. Police Officers per 100,000 people
You can see an interactive map here.
In the meantime, If you live in any of these top 20 most peaceful areas in England and Wales, consider yourself lucky...
1 Broadland (1.164)
2 Three Rivers (1.239)
3 South Cambridgeshire (1.264)
4 East Dorset (1.268)
5 Maldon (1.299)
6 Hart (1.301)
7 Craven (1.313)
8 Mid Sussex (1.323)
9 East Cambridgeshire (1.323)
10 Wokingham (1.324)
11 Ribble Valley (1.335)
12 Rochford (1.338)
13 Purbeck (1.348)
14 Horsham (1.348)
15 North Kesteven (1.353)
16 Rushcliffe (1.353)
17 Vale of White Horse (1.384)
18 Sevenoaks (1.386)
19 Rutland (1.387)
20 West Lindsey (1.391)
If you live in any of the least peaceful areas of England and Wales, however, you probably already know about it...
1 Lewisham 4.529
2 Lambeth 4.494
3 Hackney 4.402
4 Newham 4.364
5 Tower Hamlets 4.360
6 Hammersmith & Fulham 4.352
7 Islington 4.343
8 Southwark 4.314
9 Brent 4.235
10 Haringey 4.221
11 Waltham Forest 4.076
12 City of Westminster 4.061
13 Greenwich 4.002
14 Ealing 3.949
15 Croydon 3.931
16 Camden 3.914
17 Barking & Dagenham 3.842
18 Manchester 3.752
19 Birmingham 3.724
20 Hillingdon 3.698
According to the report the UK has generally become a more peaceful place in the last decade, with rates of violent crime and murder falling more rapidly than in any other Western European country. Has that been your experience?
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