New research on public perception of crime found the public guessed foreign nationals make up twice the number of sexual offenders than official statistics show (30 per cent compared to 15 per cent). They also estimated foreign nationals make up 25 per cent of the prison population, when in reality they make up just 15 per cent.
Rates of mobile phone theft, domestic burglary, vehicle theft, and murder have all fallen, despite perceptions that all have risen, the study found. In fact, researchers at King’s College London found, the general public were wrong about crime on nearly every measure
Based on two surveys of 1,797 and 2,164 UK adults, the research suggested Reform UK supporters stand out as consistently the most wrong
Color me surprised!
Don’t be surprised, right wing agitators are deliberately poisoning the informationsphere to achieve this. While the state having a tighter grip on public speech has well known issues, in my opinion, the free speech the right wing agitators are using has failed as well. Many people are just not willing enough to question a narrative when it affirms their beliefs. So in my mind, the only other way to keep people from being misled is keeping those narratives away from them.