Quote from: Vector14 on 13 May, 2024, 02:40:22 PMFar from predicting the future of crime ridden cities I think Mega City 1 was more a version of the, then present-day New York and other US cities of the late 70's. Or at least the movie version of them you'd see in the UK.
There is a very steep decline in violent crime in the UK from 1995 onwards. It was steeply up until 95! Perhaps the changing situation in Northern Ireland had a strong influence on the numbers.
Just correcting what I wrote here. I see that violent crime trends declining from the early to mid nineties is a trend across western countries in general, so it's nothing to do with the troubles in NI.
There is no universally accepted explanation for why crime rates are falling.
Apologies for being completely off topic.