Skutac #39 suggested that murder rates in the USA and UK were similar - here are some facts
with souces:
In the UK (population c. 60.5m) there were 765 reported incidents of murder for 2005-6 (Home Office, undated) - a rate of about 1.1 per 100,000.
In the US (population c. 298.5m) there were an estimated 16,137 homicides in 2004 (FBI, 2006a) - a rate of about 5.4 per 100,000. Of these, 10,654 were carried out with guns (FBI, 2006b).
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (2006a). Bureau of Justice Statistics. Homicide trends in the U.S.. Long-term trends. Available from:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicid.../totalstab.htm.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (2006). Bureau of Justice Statistics. Homicide trends in the U.S.. Weapons used. Available from
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicid...weaponstab.htm
Home Office (undated). ‘Homicide’ - long-term national recorded crime trends. Available from:
http://www.crimestatistics.org.uk/output/page40.asp.