Alcohol-Related Crimes: Statistics and Facts

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I've been meaning to post this article for a while, but forgot. In summary, alcoholics commit:

  • 15% of robberies

  • 37% of sexual assaults and rapes

  • 27% of aggravated assaults

  • 66.67% of intimate partner violence

  • 40% of child abuses

  • 40% of homicides

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Are you more likely to commit a crime if you're black, or if you drink?

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Look at Muslim society and their crime rates. People are bad first then drink to forget how bad they are.

[–]Airbus320 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Muslims don't drink and then run over toddlers

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Look at Muslim society and their crime rates.

Afghanistan has the fourth-highest crime-rate in the world, meanwhile Qatar has the lowest. Syria and Iraq also have high crime rates, although only slightly higher than the US, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE have much lower crime rates than the US.

The reason is quite obvious: the high-crime countries are literal war-zones, while the low-crime countries are not. Also, Iraq and Syria don't ban alcohol, meanwhile Saudi Arabia does — Afghanistan also bans alcohol, but keep in mind that the government is unable to enforce even the most basic laws, let alone prohibition.

People are bad first then drink to forget how bad they are.

It's true that bad people are drawn to bad things, but also that bad things make good people bad.

Sources:

World Population Review. "Crime Rate by Country 2021". World Population Review, 2021, https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/crime-rate-by-country.