Foreigners commit fifth of crime in London

[2uk]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7007163.stm

I am surprised it is only a fifth. With the current immigration policy most of the immigrants who come are low skilled ( low educuted / behaved / mannered etc ) individuals. They work basic stuff / come from villages.

Yet , the crimes they commit are miserably insignificant compared to the crimes of someone like Bush.

[Troll]

How many foreigners in London? I suspect at least 20%.

How many Italian ex pats here?
Italians = 482 up 7%, violent crimes 90, sex offences 4, theft and handling 98

[Francko]

How many Italian ex pats here?
Italians = 482 up 7%, violent crimes 90, sex offences 4, theft and handling 98

This statistic makes a lot of sense. The conclusion is that since there must be well more than 20% foreigners in London, the native british people are committing way more crime. Therefore all british people should be deported outside England. It is time that foreigners stop paying for John and Jane Smith crimes. Or are you saying that crime is ok as long as it is performed by locals?

p.s. note the manipulation of facts as they could not even write down the total and aggregate numbers.

[thunderlizard]

From the mighty bloated fact-mountain that is Wikipedia:
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that, as of 2006, London's foreign-born population is 2,288,000 (31%)

If it's only 20%, then they aren't doing their fair share of crime. Come on Johnny Foreigner, pull your socks up.

[sasguru]

As I pointed out to Causus Deli a while ago - and which he tried to cover up for his own nefarious purposes

[Old Greg]

Sounds like thes foreigners are integrating just fine.

[kingshuk]

From the mighty bloated fact-mountain that is Wikipedia:
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that, as of 2006, London's foreign-born population is 2,288,000 (31%)

If it's only 20%, then they aren't doing their fair share of crime. Come on Johnny Foreigner, pull your socks up.

Thanks, that was the most useful reply so far.

Just in case someone wants the link/source etc -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_London

This is based on 2001 census (from wikipedia) [all emphasis are mine] -

In the 2001 census, 71.15% of these seven and a half million people classed their ethnic group as white (classified as White British (59.79%), White Irish (3.07%) or "Other White" (8.29%)), 12.09% as Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi or "Other Asian" (mostly Sri Lankan, Arab and other South Asian ethnicities), 10.91% as Black (5.28% as Black African, 4.79% as Black Caribbean, 0.84% as "Other Black"), 3.15% as mixed race, 1.12% as Chinese and 1.58% as other (mostly Filipino, Japanese, and Vietnamese). 21.8% of inhabitants were born outside the European Union. The Irish are the largest foreign-born group in London (numbering approximately 200,000).

Of course if you doubt the wikipedia numbers (and why not) you can always go to the source to cross check the numbers http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census/default.asp

And if you doubt ONS carry out your own census! But please do not selectively use only those stats that suit your political opinions.

[xoggoth]

Even if it was 20% committing 20% that is not the point, we are stuck with our criminals, we have no duty to take in other people's and proper controls should ensure as far as possible that unsuitable people are not admitted.

[Francko]

Even if it was 20% committing 20% that is not the point, we are stuck with our criminals, we have no duty to take in other people's and proper controls should ensure as far as possible that unsuitable people are not admitted.

The controls are there. However, since UK is part of EU you cannot stop people entering your country unless they pose a serious threat at an international level. Not sure that more control would somehow improve the situation. What can be useful though is a better cooperation among EU states police so that people can be tracked more easily from one country to another. I guess many people feel free to commit crime in UK because when they return to their countries there is no track of what they have done.

[Clippy]

Another classic Troll post.

Nice technique you have going there