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Global imprisonment figures from July 2018 make for fascinating reading; including the fact that Hong Kong has the highest proportion of female prisoners.
Two thirds of English and Welsh prison are overcrowded, yet we only come 93rd in the list of the world’s most overcrowded prison systems.
Annual DHCLG figures reveal a 15% jump in the number of street homeless, the seventh consecutive annual rise.
Australians spend almost twice as much on beer per head as Brits.
Large YouGOv polls finds that 38 percent of 18 to 24 year olds have experienced inappropriate touching in a public place.
Journalists reveal official data showing huge increases in number of sexual and violent offences relating to online dating over last six years.
A recent briefing from the National Crime Agency stated that due to the increasing security measures at ports, people smugglers have started to turn to new and more expensive methods of getting asylum seekers and illegal immigrants onto UK soil.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that drug trafficking, counterfeiting and many other forms of illicit trade bring in an estimated $870 billion every year.
Recent UN data shows which cities and continents are the most dangerous to live in.
Amnesty international figures are the source of a Statista infographic showing that Iran executes more people than Saudi Arabia.
Alarming variation in rape prosecution rates across England and Wales.
As you can see the murder rate in the UK is the same as that in France and Ireland but substantially higher than that in Germany and Spain. The main standout fact is that Black US citizens are almost 8 times more likely to be murdered than their white fellow citizens.
