I'm from Manchester, don't buy into the hype, UK is really not bad at all in the grand scheme of things, Manchester had 34 homicides for the whole of 2011. London for the 2010-11 period had 136. This makes Britain amongst the lowest homicide rates in Europe and the world. And yeah the daily mail is a joke of a newspaper, everyone in Britain knows this. Stick to the Times or the Guardian to cut through the hype.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/murder-ra...se-6555737.html And a lot of the killings that happen seem to be gang-related. So yeah, maybe not as bad as I thought...
But in newspapers in general do blow things out of proportion. If you were to believe the Belgian newspapers, Brussels is the single most dangerous city you will ever visit. Which is complete bullshit.
