Could be because all the old geezers are banged up, release them and I'm sure 'traditional' bank jobs will rise again.
'Traditional' forms of thuggery decline in UK, cybercrime on the rise
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released information suggesting cybercrime incidents are growing more prevalent in British society than traditional criminal incidents, and has noted that this may be due to more criminal enterprises transitioning to the digital world. Included for the first time among the ONS's …
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Thursday 15th October 2015 12:12 GMT g e
Banks jobs are alive and well
Though quite why anyone would physically try to rob a bank these days is a mystery.
However, that didn't stop some enterprising numpty from trying it locally recently. He got nicked when he tried it a second time on the same chain of banks in a different local area.
Still it's potentially easier to defend against cybercrime than three big guys with baseball bats, for El Reggers, at least, maybe.
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Friday 16th October 2015 00:12 GMT Steven Roper
"There's the potential there for a severe rise in tension and a rapid discharge."
Oh, it's a lot worse than that. According to the latest XKCD WhatIf, our bank robber here is well on his way to destroying the entire universe!
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Thursday 15th October 2015 11:10 GMT Anonymous Coward
Not unique to the UK
in the more traditional forms of crime, from 19 million incidents a year in 1995 to under 7 million a year today.
Some statisticians have tied this decline to the use of lead in petrol as both coincide in various countries around the world.
Or maybe DVD players are too cheap to bother nicking now.
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Thursday 15th October 2015 12:11 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Not unique to the UK
More savvie burglars.
They realise that by the time they've rounded the corner with "their" swag (TV, car, PC, etc) it's more than halved in value, therefore not worth the effort.
Guess they've opted for more lucrative careers as estate agents, window salesman, marketing execs, laywers, bankers, city traders or some other line of work requiring moral flexability.
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Thursday 15th October 2015 13:12 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Not unique to the UK
Just in case anyone is wondering about the lead/crime connection there are plenty of articles that look at the issue.
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Thursday 17th December 2015 15:41 GMT Sooty
Re: Not unique to the UK
"Or maybe DVD players are too cheap to bother nicking now."
There is probably quite a lot of this in play, ordinary people aren't going to buy a dodgy dvd player from a bloke in the pub, if they can get one for £20 from their local supermarket.
Even large tvs aren't unreasonably expensive anymore, and it's not exactly easy to inconspicuously cart a stolen 50 inch tv down the street. A 20" tv in the 90s probably weighed more, and cost more, but it was a lot more compact.
Nick a laptop and it could be emailing photos of you back to the owner along with it's location, smartphones can do the same. The thugs have to get more tech savvy for it to be worth it.
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Thursday 15th October 2015 11:51 GMT Shades
2,057 described as "computer virus"
I'd take that with a massive pinch of salt too. The amount of people I've encountered who are absolutely convinced their computer "must have a virus" when their computer takes an eternity to boot and then promptly grinds to halt, taking forever to perform even the most basic function, is not even funny.
First thing I do is not run a virus scan, its clicking on the little system tray arrow icon and watch it expand (on older versions of Windows) to fill over half the task bar full of stupid "helpers", "quick starters", and entirely pointless "shortcuts" most of which the owner has no clue what they are/do and has never used. This is then shortly followed by a sigh as I realise I'll have to spend the next few hours trying to figure out what they actually use, what is absolutely necessary (usually NOTHING) and which can be disabled/eradicted.
Yes, there's usually some bloatware there, still chugging away from when the PC was new, but most is from applications the user has actively installed, used a couple of times, didn't like or couldn't get their heads around and never bothered to uninstall.. rinse and repeat until the computer is virtually unusable.
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Thursday 15th October 2015 12:56 GMT DavCrav
Re: 2,057 described as "computer virus"
"I'd take that with a massive pinch of salt too. The amount of people I've encountered who are absolutely convinced their computer "must have a virus" when their computer takes an eternity to boot and then promptly grinds to halt, taking forever to perform even the most basic function, is not even funny."
I also wouldn't think to report a virus infection to the rozzers.
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Friday 16th October 2015 05:13 GMT Allan George Dyer
Re: 2,057 described as "computer virus"
If you go by the technical definition of a computer virus (~"program that copies itself") then the respondents are probably mostly wrong, but if you loosen the definition to the layman's "computer virus" = "program that makes my computer do bad things" = "malicious software", then they are right. All those stupid "helpers", "quick starters", and entirely pointless "shortcuts" can be classified as malicious... e.g. a "quick starter" that doesn't is a trojan, a toolbar that was installed without explicit permission has committed "unauthorized access to a computer".
The survey is revealing a huge area where people feel they have been wronged, but the law has great difficulty in addressing the issue.
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Thursday 15th October 2015 15:55 GMT Anonymous Coward
Blighty is the place to be
If you are a cyber crim Blighty is the place to reside. Rob a bank and get a slap on the wrist. Hack corporate and military servers, get a slap on the wrist. Send out massive malware or pirate, get a slap on the wrist. There is a very high price for society to pay when the judicial system fails to properly punish crims. Blighty is soon to learn this reality.
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Friday 16th October 2015 05:38 GMT T. F. M. Reader
The REAL reason for decline in traditional crime
"from 19 million incidents a year in 1995 to under 7 million a year today"
So ONS sorta-kinda attributes this to traditional crims going digital, eh? I think it's a safe bet that at least some politicians - and media - will claim this to be a wild success of ubiquitous CCTV and will demand even more surveillance to protect the public even better.
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Friday 16th October 2015 07:04 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: The REAL reason for decline in traditional crime
This wouldnt have anything to do with them only recording robberies at odd numbered houses would it??
Reported crime levels keep going down because people know the rozzers wont do anything, so dont bother reporting it. I have reported an ARSON attack, and no one bothered to attend.
I tried to report an incident yesterday and spent 5 minutes listening to an "all our operators are busy" message before hanging up, this is AFTER waiting for 5 minutes to get through to someone who then "transfer you to the right department" ed me.
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