Kenche Gle wrote:Kowani wrote:Considering that only 46% of violent crime, and 19% of property crimes result in an arrest and charge, much less a conviction, and this has held fro decades now, I don’t think your argument really holds water.
You also realize that, in 2015, only 46.5% of violent crime was reported to police while only 34.6% of property crimes were. It makes sense that police only solve 46% of violent crime and 19% of property crime, due to the fact that the vast majority of violent crime isn't reported and the vast majority of property crimes are things like theft and burglary, which are often hard to solve due to the lack of evidence. You can see the stats of crimes reported here on page 6
That would be a good argument if not for the fact that despite a mostly static report rate, the clearance rate only goes down.