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Q. How much more likely is it that a famous person be murdered than someone who is not famous?
Hi,
It’s a sad indictment of today’s society that even in Britain two or three people are murdered just about every day.
UK Murder Statistics:
The UK government are not very forthcoming on providing these statistics, plus we have the differential which exists between recorded crime versus reported crime and the ambiguity of the British crime Survey.
March 1999 - March 2000 = 760
March 2000 - March 2001 = 792
March 2001 - March 2002 = 891
March 2002 - March 2003 = 1,048 - (876) - (This includes 172 attributed to Harold Shipman)
March 2003 - March 2004 = 853
March 2004 - March 2005 = 820
Other stats:
In 2002, 16,110 people were murdered in the USA.
In 1999, 23,000 were killed in Colombia.
If you compare Britain to USA or Columbia, this is still a very safe place to live!!
Of course when a ‘personality’ is killed or murdered the events are greatly highlighted by the press and appears therefore to achieve higher import and impact. Jill Dando, John Lennon, JFK, Gianni Versace, Sharon Tate (Manson Murders) etc, to name but a few . However, statistically this represents only a tiny fraction of either the Public in general or the total population percentage ‘famous people’ in particular.
It’s a sad indictment of today’s society that even in Britain two or three people are murdered just about every day.
UK Murder Statistics:
The UK government are not very forthcoming on providing these statistics, plus we have the differential which exists between recorded crime versus reported crime and the ambiguity of the British crime Survey.
March 1999 - March 2000 = 760
March 2000 - March 2001 = 792
March 2001 - March 2002 = 891
March 2002 - March 2003 = 1,048 - (876) - (This includes 172 attributed to Harold Shipman)
March 2003 - March 2004 = 853
March 2004 - March 2005 = 820
Other stats:
In 2002, 16,110 people were murdered in the USA.
In 1999, 23,000 were killed in Colombia.
If you compare Britain to USA or Columbia, this is still a very safe place to live!!
Of course when a ‘personality’ is killed or murdered the events are greatly highlighted by the press and appears therefore to achieve higher import and impact. Jill Dando, John Lennon, JFK, Gianni Versace, Sharon Tate (Manson Murders) etc, to name but a few . However, statistically this represents only a tiny fraction of either the Public in general or the total population percentage ‘famous people’ in particular.
Andrew Greenslade M.Ed. - Former Police Detective
