For those interested, there's a raft of articles with links that lead you into a rabbit warren of fascinating insights of the crime problem in the UK. Great to archive for your Anglophile anti-gun types.
They are too many to post in it's entirety,
but check out the headings for a clue:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000141109560173&rtmo=VPxPukwx&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/00/6/30/ncrim30.html
"Crime and Punishment: Guns, gangs and segregation - US crime is worse"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000141109560173&rtmo=qXpRMJs9&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/00/6/23/ncrim23.html
"Crime and Punishment: Where to move away from the burglars"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000141109560173&rtmo=V6Jkqk3K&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/00/6/23/ncrim123.html
"After years in South Africa, I thought England would be safe. I was wrong"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000141109560173&rtmo=V6Jkqk3K&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/00/6/23/ncrim223.html
"Summertime . . . and the thieving is easy"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000141109560173&rtmo=QxpL3LLR&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/00/6/9/ncrim109.html
"Less politics, more policing, says chief"
They are too many to post in it's entirety,
but check out the headings for a clue:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000141109560173&rtmo=VPxPukwx&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/00/6/30/ncrim30.html
"Crime and Punishment: Guns, gangs and segregation - US crime is worse"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000141109560173&rtmo=qXpRMJs9&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/00/6/23/ncrim23.html
"Crime and Punishment: Where to move away from the burglars"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000141109560173&rtmo=V6Jkqk3K&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/00/6/23/ncrim123.html
"After years in South Africa, I thought England would be safe. I was wrong"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000141109560173&rtmo=V6Jkqk3K&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/00/6/23/ncrim223.html
"Summertime . . . and the thieving is easy"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000141109560173&rtmo=QxpL3LLR&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/00/6/9/ncrim109.html
"Less politics, more policing, says chief"