London murders: a predictable pattern?

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London murders: a predictable pattern?

David Spiegelhalter ¹ and Arthur Barnett ²

¹ Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk at the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge, and Senior Scientist in the MRC Biostatistics Unit Cambridge. email david@statslab.cam.ac.uk ² Statistician in the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) Strategic Policy Analysis directorate (SPA) working with the Risk and Regulation Advisory Council (RRAC). email arthur.barnett@berr.gsi.gov.uk

ABSTRACT

Four stabbings to death in a single day. Ninety murders in 7 months. Shocking figures—or are they? Knife crime makes the headlines almost daily but are Londoners really at increased risk of being murdered?David Spiegelhalter and Arthur Barnett investigate—and find a predictable pattern of murder.

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