The slow progress of peace
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 | Thoughts
Earlier today, new figures for the UK Peace Index showed that murder and violent crime rates have fallen significantly over the last decade.
The figures, reported on BBC News, show that the murder rate has almost halved since 2003, and violent crimes have fallen by a quarter too.
Obviously this is good news. It’s easy to become demoralised about the state of society because an ever increasing global news coverage can sometimes bring out the worst. But the reality is that every year progress is made, the world gets better and people live longer and happier lives.
Earlier today, new figures for the UK Peace Index showed that murder and violent crime rates have fallen significantly over the last decade.
The figures, reported on BBC News, show that the murder rate has almost halved since 2003, and violent crimes have fallen by a quarter too.
Obviously this is good news. It’s easy to become demoralised about the state of society because an ever increasing global news coverage can sometimes bring out the worst. But the reality is that every year progress is made, the world gets better and people live longer and happier lives.