Ethnic minorities face rising disparity in homicide risk across England and Wales

(University of Cambridge) Calculations now familiar from coronavirus coverage - cases per 100,000 people - applied to ethnicity and homicide victimisation in the UK for the first time. So far this century, Black Britons have been over five and a half times more likely to become murder victims than White British people. Researchers call on ONS and police forces to calculate and present more 'meaningful' crime data to aid prevention and public understanding.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news