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Originally Posted by Pierre
What is the conviction rate per 1000 arrests.
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The arrest rate is 3 times higher per 1000 people for the Black community than the white one.
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Arrest rate per 1,000 people, and number of arrests, by ethnicity
Black - 35 % - 64,670
White - 10 % - 485,885
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Conviction rate is higher for the white community per 1000 than others:
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- in 2017, the conviction ratios for Black and Mixed ethnic groups were lowest at 78.7% and 79%
- in 2017, the conviction ratio was highest for defendants in the White ethnic group, at 85.3%
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You can't say with certainty that there is more crime in the Black community, just that police are looking for it more.
If the arrest rates per 1000 per ethnic group were the same, you could then start drawing simple comparisons. Until it is the raw numbers aren't the whole story.
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Originally Posted by Pierre
I’m pretty sure, I’d go so far as to say I’m certain, there are more white people arrested per year than black people.
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There are, but that's because mentioned above, the white population in the UK is higher. As the government figures show, per 1000 people it's much higher in the Black community.