Citation

Spiegelhalter D, Barnett A. Significance 2009; 6(1): 5-8.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Royal Statistical Society, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1740-9713.2009.00334.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Four stabbings to death in a single day. Ninety murders in 7 months. Shocking figures—or are they? Knife crime makes the headlines almost daily but are Londoners really at increased risk of being murdered?David Spiegelhalter and Arthur Barnett investigate—and find a predictable pattern of murder.