02
Dec
Learned. |
In 2007, it was reported that the BCS was underreporting crime by about 3 million incidents per year because it did not allow for a particular person to be victimized more than five times in a year. The error means that violent crime is actually at 4.4 million incidents per year, an 82% increase over the 2.4 million previously thought.
i think that wikipedia author probably meant that the survey did not allow for individuals to be identified as victims more than 5 times per year. as written, it sounds like one unlucky briton got shafted 2,000,005 times.
(also, 4.4 minus 2.4 is 2, not 3.)